Friendly League

Colosseum of Pain
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Comunardo Vasco could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Tasos Kontosoros made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Alba FC's Alberigo Di Michele got a free kick in the 4th minute. After 5 played minutes, Tabachana F.C.'s Efthimis Stamatiadis shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Antonio Di Donato came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Tabachana F.C. reached it. After 8 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Alba FC! A collision led to Alba FC getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Comunardo Vasco hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Stergios Siontis in the 17th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Antonio Di Donato prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Loukas Panagiotopoulos charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Loukas Panagiotopoulos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Tabachana F.C. getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Loukas Panagiotopoulos hit a great ball. Carlo Sisti received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Tasos Kontosoros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Alba FC's Comunardo Vasco got a free kick in the 28th minute. Antonio Di Donato made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stergios Siontis in the 39th minute of play. After 42 played minutes Tabachana F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Vassilis Tournas. After 47 minutes of play, Alba FC's Carlo Sisti made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tasos Kontosoros was left in no man's land by his defense there! No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

After 58 played minutes Tabachana F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Evripidis Kamarinakis. Tasos Kontosoros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emiliano Malandra in the 59th minute of play. After 59 minutes, Stathis Kaligoulas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tabachana F.C. and the Alba FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Tabachana F.C. getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Stathis Kaligoulas hit a great ball. Carlo Sisti kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stergios Siontis in the 65th minute of play forced Alba FC's goalkeeper Antonio Di Donato to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 74th minute, Ettore Primavera hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Antonio Di Donato showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stergios Siontis in the 75th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 80th minute, Carlo Sisti managed to get in a good position for a shot. Alba FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Carlo Sisti was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tasos Kontosoros breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Emiliano Malandra scored 3-0 in the 82nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tasos Kontosoros, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.