ROME (Interstat) — Simone Lo Faso scored four goals, and Thomas Salvaterra added three, as Alpak FC beat Zebras FC 8-5 on Monday in a high-scoring global football match. Alpak FC improved to 2-0 in the competition and 2-0 across all competitions. Zebras FC fell to 0-2 in the competition and 0-2 overall. Alpak FC had previously beaten Zeta Como 7-5, while Zebras FC had lost 10-8 at Underdogs FC. The visiting side’s latest result came after a high-scoring opener, and Zebras FC’s second match followed an 18-goal game in its first outing.

The scoring began immediately. Lo Faso put Alpak FC ahead in the 1st minute. Giuseppe De Luca answered for Zebras FC in the 6th, then scored again in the 12th to give the home side a 2-1 lead. Salvaterra leveled in the 14th. Lo Faso then scored in the 19th and again in the 19th, and Salvaterra added another in the 23rd to put Alpak FC in control. Lillo S. received a yellow card for Zebras FC in the 1st minute.

Zebras FC responded through Emanuele Romanini in the 25th and Luca Campolunghi in the 30th. De Luca completed his hat trick in the 32nd to level the match, but he was booked in the same minute. Salvaterra completed his hat trick in the 34th, and Lo Faso added his fourth goal in the 40th minute plus stoppage time. Frenezy supplied Alpak FC’s other goal. The finish left Alpak FC with eight goals and Zebras FC with five.

Lo Faso’s goals came in the 1st, 19th, 19th and 40th minute plus stoppage time. Salvaterra scored in the 14th, 23rd and 34th. De Luca scored in the 6th, 12th and 32nd. Romanini scored in the 25th, Campolunghi in the 30th, and Frenezy also scored for Alpak FC.

Lo Faso was Alpak FC’s top star with four goals. Salvaterra finished with three goals. Frenezy scored once for Alpak FC. For Zebras FC, De Luca scored three goals and received a yellow card. Romanini and Campolunghi each scored once. Lillo S. also was booked for Zebras FC.

Alpak FC’s four-goal scorer Lo Faso and three-goal scorer Salvaterra accounted for seven of the team’s eight goals. Zebras FC’s De Luca, Romanini and Campolunghi supplied its five goals, with De Luca providing three. The match featured two yellow cards, both for Zebras FC, and no other bookings were listed.

The teams traded goals throughout a frantic first half, and Alpak FC held its form after the break to close out the result. Alpak FC’s victory followed its high-scoring win over Zeta Como, while Zebras FC remained without a win after its high-scoring loss at Underdogs FC. The match was the second in the competition for both sides and the second across all competitions.

Alpak FC’s attack produced eight goals in a match that saw Zebras FC twice take an early lead and later erase a three-goal deficit to level at 5-5. Alpak FC regained the advantage through Salvaterra in the 34th and added goals from Lo Faso in stoppage time and Frenezy. Zebras FC’s De Luca was central to the home side’s response with three goals, and his yellow card in the 32nd minute was one of two bookings for Zebras FC. The teams combined for 13 goals, and the listed goal times ran from the 1st minute through the 40th minute plus stoppage time.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Alpak FC 10, Zebras FC 7. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Zebras FC with a 61.6 percent probability to win.