Guanella 2 - 5 casal. (381666078)

35290 fans braved the pouring rain at Cupola Melandri Stadium. Jan-Kees Barendrecht was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Henner Fasching and Angel Tyutyundzhiev. Guanella started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Ertaylan - Jochum, Solum, Taipe - D'Antonio, Ostrogonac, Martines, Petrel, Weeten - Pantaleão, Corrocher.

casal. had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Oberti - Tommasini, Krautberger, Mezzera, Ellmerer - Krinkin, Pellungrini, Nonnis, Tramutoli - Pedrini, Fait.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of casal.. M. Tommasini was uncomfortable with the soggy pitch as he couldn't move the ball around with his usual grace. Guanella had to make a substitution after 29 minutes. H. Ertaylan limped off the field and was replaced by G. Besozzi. T. Solum got left behind when casal.'s V. Fait made a sudden run forward after 31 minutes, finishing off with a neat strike. 0 - 1! D. Krinkin increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 2. After this, you could see that the players of casal. were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. G. Nonnis could have put his team up another goal 34 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. T. Solum challenged the visitors' central defence eagerly, producing a good chance 35 minutes into the game as he went for a through ball. But, as so many times before, the guests' defensive efforts got the best of it. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave M. Ellmerer from casal. a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 39 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! It was 0 - 2 at the break. Guanella claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 64 percent.

After 50 minutes, Guanella switched M. Corrocher with J. Koistinen, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Some fine movement on the left led to a casal. goal after 54 minutes, making it 0 - 3. P. Pedrini was noted down as the scorer. The visitors added to their lead 62 minutes into the game, after a sensational penalty kick by casal.'s G. Pellungrini slid just past the home keeper. 0 - 4. D. Krinkin slipped and slithered in the wet grass. His usual rapid runs were nowhere to be seen today. It took several tries, but Guanella managed to break through on the left after 71 minutes, getting the ball to J. Koistinen who easily reduced the lead to make the score 1 - 4. casal. played a good counterattacking move down the left 76 minutes into the match, with H. Krautberger finishing well for 1 - 5. A marvellous Guanella effort on the right-hand side resulted in a goal after 80 minutes by T. Solum, making the score 2 - 5. Guanella enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 63 percent of possession.

Guanella's top performer was clearly I. Ostrogonac. However, G. Besozzi made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating casal. player was without a doubt V. Fait. G. Mezzera turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 5.