Ancona 7 - 0 Melody (381662732)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 43176 that came out to Ancona Arena. Marco Obel was the appointed referee with assistance provided by John Nissen and Zbardhor Prela. Ancona tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. They fielded: Popa - Tjäderer, Baruch - Christoglou, Borges, Lilja, Danielsen, Valio - Ursu, Hereijgers, Umano.

Melody decided to use a 5-5-0 set up. Lineup: Romanović - Waltman, Civiello, Kanāvis, van den Oosterkamp, Vydra - Torroni, Ricci, De Simei, Razzino, Anselmi -.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Melody. After 25 minutes of play, A. Borges gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. Melody's E. Civiello left the field after 26 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was J. Sawyer. Ancona put themselves up 2 - 0 when M. Christoglou broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. Ancona's M. Christoglou was shown a yellow card after 34 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 35 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as T. Danielsen broke through, making the score 3 - 0 for Ancona. After this, you could see that the players of Ancona were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. C. Umano's lightning pace was too much for M. Kanāvis who could only look on as the Ancona player blasted one home. 4 - 0. Ancona's M. Hereijgers had an excellent opportunity after 40 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! Melody mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 41 minutes, but G. Razzino was unable to convert from short range. Halftime score was 4 - 0. Ancona had most of the ball, with 83 percent of possession.

With things not going too well on the field, the Melody coach made the decision to swap the positions of A. Torroni and F. Ricci with 46 minutes played. Sensing defeat in the air, the Melody manager directed G. Razzino and C. Anselmi to change positions with each other. This was 46 minutes into the match. M. Hereijgers was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. However, Ancona's I. Ursu managed to get hold of the rebound and tucked the ball into the empty net. 5 - 0 After 53 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and A. Tjäderer gave the Ancona supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 6 - 0. F. Ricci wasn't much help defensively. His energy-consuming forward runs proved quite costly in the oppressive heat. The Ancona free kick 61 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of M. Hereijgers, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 7 - 0! Coming from the right, I. Ursu almost managed to score another goal for Ancona, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. Ancona put in a good effort on the right, but C. Umano saw his volley fly wide of the mark 66 minutes into the game. Coming in from the right, Melody had a good opportunity to convert on a counterattack after 67 minutes, but G. Razzino's attempt to finish was easily stopped. After 72 minutes Melody's J. Sawyer contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. After 87 minutes, Melody switched G. Waltman with M. Micari, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Ancona, with 85 percent of the ball.

M. Hereijgers performed admirably for Ancona. A. Borges was a disappointment, however. Melody's top performer was clearly T. Romanović. However, J. Sawyer made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 7 - 0.