Domina 0 - 10 Tikkio (381682838)

Due to an all-day shower, 12000 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at fossa dei sensori. Bangys Barakūnas was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rodrigo Bolivar and Tino Christensen. Domina tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players took the field: Fasselli - Flebus, Manfroi, Rebolini, Amelotti - Luraschi, Fontanari, Barbetta, Impellizzeri - Pupa, Buonomo.

Tikkio started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Veca - Manerba, Senderek, Bozoklu - Kasradze, Najjar, MacPherson, Arnauer, Eschacker - Borgazzi, Cherchi.

Today, Tikkio's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Tikkio's Z. Najjar managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 7 minutes. 0 - 1. With 10 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed G. Cherchi of Tikkio to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 2. Almost all the way down to the corner flag, Tikkio's B. Kasradze somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for G. Borgazzi, who struck for 0 - 3. Confident in their lead, Tikkio's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. The home crowd was not impressed when G. Manerba came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 28 minutes. Tikkio were now up 0 - 4. 37 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 5 as G. Manerba finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave A. Fontanari from Domina a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 40 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Tikkio were forced into a substitution as G. Senderek couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing G. Roffa to come in off the bench. 0 - 5 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Tikkio, who controlled the ball 88 percent of the time.

U. Amelotti spent most of the time in a heap on the ground today, his normally rapid movement hindered by the slippery pitch. The visitors added to their lead 65 minutes into the game, after a sensational penalty kick by Tikkio's Z. Najjar slid just past the home keeper. 0 - 6. Tikkio increased their lead after 69 minutes when G. Manerba broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 7, much to the home crowd's dismay. At that, G. Manerba was noted down for a hat trick! After 73 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Tikkio found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to passable. G. Manerba increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 8. It was obvious that Tikkio had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. W. Eschacker of Tikkio took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 77 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 9. 78 minutes into the game, Tikkio were awarded a penalty and Z. Najjar was able to increase the visitors' lead to 0 - 10 rolling the ball in by the right post. That made three goals for Z. Najjar and he was marked down for the hat trick. 81 minutes into the game, Tikkio seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. Tikkio claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 90 percent.

Most important Domina player was G. Pupa. M. Fasselli on the other hand, had a terrible day. Tikkio's top performer was clearly W. Eschacker. However, G. Borgazzi made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 10.