pitonteam 2 - 0 rossoneri (366381904)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 9399 had shown up at piton Arena for the match. Sebas Anema was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Emengardo Lins Viana and Ilkka Koski. pitonteam decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Lineup: Bardach - Compagnon, Davies Beasley, Álvarez Vázquez, Chobot - Bicchielli, Madar, Giacco, Ochayon - Zerbini, Rocha.

rossoneri started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Rémy - Nogales, Bartnitzki, Iturrieta, Vaiflo - D’Annibale, Pimalscher, Falix, Dortmunder - Serras, Magnanimi.

Pressing was the tactic of the day for rossoneri. D. Iturrieta behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 2 minutes as he gave the ball away to M. Rocha. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. rossoneri pressed their opponents, causing the game to be a bit of a stalemate at times. pitonteam took the lead after 26 minutes as a result of K. Zerbini's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. At this time in the match, rossoneri were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. Y. Madar could have put pitonteam up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 34 minutes. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, L. Serras got himself booked. The manager of rossoneri was not happy. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. pitonteam claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave K. Zerbini from pitonteam a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 53 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! With 75 minutes played, K. Zerbini could have brought this one home for pitonteam as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in pitonteam's K. Zerbini increasing the lead to 2 - 0. K. Zerbini unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. pitonteam enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 60 percent of possession.

M. Rocha performed admirably for pitonteam. T. Chobot was a disappointment, however. Most important rossoneri player was G. Magnanimi. On the other hand, G. Rémy's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 0.