torinuss 2 - 0 InterNapolis.s.c. (382019711)

It had rained all day, but 15612 hardy fans still made it out to arena nuss. Billie van Hout was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Richárd Vágó and Cristian Lamas. torinuss tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Fonti - Valdivia, Bergsveinsson, Kniazik, Sanguanini - Melgarejo, Marwitz, Galluccio, Menzani - Erwich, Budetta.

InterNapolis.s.c. started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Serôdio - Salmela, Lanzoni, Martimo - Vecchia, Elói, van Ostade, Chaves, Annunziata - Precopio, Marincola.

Today, InterNapolis.s.c.'s strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. InterNapolis.s.c. had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. torinuss were pushed back, and had many dangerous counterattacks. An impressive one came 6 minutes into the match, but J. Bergsveinsson narrowly missed the free kick attempt that was awarded as a result of a foul. It was a bad day for the usually speedy W. Marwitz. The mud seemed to slow him down. It was obvious that InterNapolis.s.c. had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. torinuss's M. Galluccio was shown a yellow card after 26 minutes for slicing down an opponent. torinuss took the lead after 37 minutes as a result of C. Sanguanini's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. D. Annunziata was uncomfortable with the soggy pitch as he couldn't move the ball around with his usual grace. C. Sanguanini had a fantastic opportunity to put torinuss up another goal 39 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. InterNapolis.s.c. enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

68 minutes in, torinuss's C. Menzani received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. torinuss's M. Galluccio saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 77 minutes. InterNapolis.s.c. were able to mount several counterattacks, such as the impressive one after 78 minutes, but C. Marincola lofted a free kick over the crossbar. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave D. Annunziata from InterNapolis.s.c. a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 79 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! M. Elói acted foolishly after 80 minutes, giving the ball up to torinuss's C. Menzani who had no trouble finding the back of the net. 2 - 0. The players of torinuss now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by torinuss, with 53 percent of the ball.

Most important torinuss player was S. Kniazik. C. Menzani was a disappointment, however. InterNapolis.s.c.'s best player was M. Elói. On the other hand, C. Lanzoni's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 0.