Nitra Park
Spectators: 7578 (Terracing: 5684,
Seating: 1743, VIP seats: 151) 3 minutes into the match, Pedrinho Castro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Elia Bellone. San Felice a Ema U.L.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pedrinho Castro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. In the 7th minute of the match, Nando Pinho got a very nice opportunity to score, but Elia Bellone was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Emilio Ferrante charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Emilio Ferrante the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 8th match minute, San Felice a Ema U.L. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emilio Ferrante to maneuver through the defense. Diogo Sousa was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 13 minutes into the match. In the 12th minute, one of Nitra FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Nitra FC. Elia Bellone made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marcel Chaves in the 17th minute. With a little luck, San Felice a Ema U.L.'s Elia Bellone got control of the ball when Pedrinho Castro tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 20 minutes San Felice a Ema U.L.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Nando Pinho who took care of the corner kick. Nitra FC's Nando Pinho was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Elia Bellone in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 22nd minute the ball was on its way in behind San Felice a Ema U.L.'s goalkeeper Elia Bellone, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 26 minutes into the game, Nitra FC's Pedrinho Castro nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Elia Bellone made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. Cauã Guedes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bernardo Carbonaro's shot from short distance in the 36th minute. In the 37th minute, Alexander Vitelli got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The audience was convinced that Bernardo Carbonaro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cauã Guedes was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. In the 41st minute Bernardo Carbonaro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cauã Guedes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Pedrinho Castro made a kick off. Bruno Pasquarelli received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 50th minute. Cauã Guedes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Elia Bellone made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedrinho Castro in the 58th minute of play. A collision led to San Felice a Ema U.L. getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Bruno Pasquarelli hit a great ball. A collision led to San Felice a Ema U.L. getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Ciro Croce hit a great ball. 75 minutes into the match, San Felice a Ema U.L.'s goal looked a bit too open when Pedrinho Castro came free, but Elia Bellone reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nitra FC's Cauã Guedes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bernardo Carbonaro in the 78th minute of play. After having played for 81 minutes, Nando Pinho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nitra FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nando Pinho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pedrinho Castro in the 83rd minute of play forced San Felice a Ema U.L.'s goalkeeper Elia Bellone to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 84 minutes into the match, Matheus Pitta notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of San Felice a Ema U.L.'s Elia Bellone. Elia Bellone was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 88 minutes into the match, San Felice a Ema U.L.'s Bernardo Carbonaro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cauã Guedes narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 90 minutes into the match, San Felice a Ema U.L.'s goal looked a bit too open when Matheus Pitta came free, but Elia Bellone reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bernardo Carbonaro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cauã Guedes having to interfere. Nitra FC's Pedrinho Castro got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Nitra FC had played much better football throughout.
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