USO GALAXY 5-8 OM Zanardini

At Long Street Park in Castegnato, the challenge between the Galaxy and OM Zanardini, both paired on 8 points (although the guests have played an extra day), is staged. Bertolini - disqualified - loses Simone Gazzoli and Francesco Bregoli, but rejoins Zammarchi after the flu and especially Eddiraoui after the stormy months grappling with intercontinental bureaucracy. The Giallorossi took the field with Vitali; Romeo; Fioretti, Magri, Mazzetti, Bregoli D.; Bergamaschi (a disp. Crea, Zammarchi, Eddiraoui, Gazzoli N., Boccuti).

The hosts try to impose themselves and the first bars seem to prove the Giallorossi right. Mazzetti, splendidly served deep into the box, comes face to face with the extreme defender, but gets hypnotized and wastes the possible 1-0. The tough unwritten law pays off immediately because in the 7th minute it is the guests who find the goal of the lead with a conclusion from outside. The lead is short-lived because Magri comes up with a kissing assist for Davide Bregoli, who gives thanks and brings the match back into balance.

The hosts suffer tremendously from the white-blue's long-ball transitions and mental disorder does the rest. Within two minutes the Bovegno boys took full advantage of the huge gifts given by the Galaxy and made it 1-3.

The first half shows all the difficulties of the Giallorossi moment, mentally not very strong in recovering mental energy after going down. The guests are content with the result and the first half goes into the archives. At the beginning of the second half Eddiraoui relishes the field again, taking the place of a spent Fioretti.

Ready to go and the guests drop the poker, taking full advantage of the Galaxy's inability to find countermeasures to long plays.

However, the desire of Rabat's number 7 rekindled the Giallorossi's hopes, wreaking havoc on a cmpagine that until that moment had not suffered in the least from the hosts' possession.

In the 31st minute, the referee whistled the maximum free kick in favor of the Galaxy, and Eddiraoui himself appeared on the penalty spot, displacing the goalkeeper. Caracciolo inserted Zammarchi in place of Mazzetti to seek more dynamism in the maneuver. Four minutes later Davide Bregoli found Magri in support and served him, and the rest was all done by the captain of the Magica Armata, stamping the 3-4 goal and his 10th center in the season. The white-blue got scared and the Galaxy on the wave of enthusiasm pushed on the accelerator, steadily crushing the guests in their half of the field. At minute 37 a free kick is whistled in favor of Castegnatesi from an inviting position: on the ball is designated Magri who, instead of shooting on goal, serves Zammarchi on the short side of the area. At first the 10 kicks on goal but finds the post and on the rebound at the edge of the area Eddiraoui kicks powerfully and makes Long Street Park explode with the 4-4 goal. The momentum seems to be in the Galaxy's favor, but inexplicably the hosts let up and lost control of the game, leaving time and space for OM. The 4-5 goal is a lethal blow and, in fact, closes the game. Inexcusable given the time remaining. The Magical Army is no more and the blue and whites make the best of it, finding the goals of 4-6 and 4-7 before Bergamaschi's signature as time expired. Just before the triple whistle came the final 5-8 goal on a penalty kick.

The match brought out the limits of this team, unable to compact and react to difficulties. Probably the double challenge to Queen's and PPZ undermined the certainties of Bertolini's and Caracciolo's boys who will now have to bring back serenity and willingness to sacrifice. There is no time to feel sorry for themselves, only to react immediately: Wednesday in Sarezzo is scheduled Realvalle GSTL-USO GALAXY.