Friendly League

Arena Skarpa Ełk
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ermanno Renzi took the kick off in the first half of the match. 4 minutes into the match, Ermanno Renzi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cyryl Liberko. Skarpa Ełk's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ermanno Renzi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Ermanno Renzi charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ermanno Renzi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Eurospeed Asti's Ermanno Renzi got a free kick in the 7th minute. In the 8th match minute, Skarpa Ełk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marian Pawlak to maneuver through the defense. In the 14th minute, Federico Gatti hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 16th minute, Skay Škarpa made a precise shot to the right of Alvise Caporale. Eurospeed Asti's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. In the 22nd minute, Julian Wolicki 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. A collision led to Eurospeed Asti getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Amedeo Di Pasquale hit a great ball. Cyryl Liberko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Attilio Arioli in the 29th minute of play. After some careless play in the Eurospeed Asti defense, Skay Škarpa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alvise Caporale. The Eurospeed Asti fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alvise Caporale should have stopped the shot. In the 37th minute, Skay Škarpa made a precise shot to the right of Alvise Caporale. Eurospeed Asti's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

Cyryl Liberko made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Ermanno Renzi sent off a good shot on target. Mieszko Mazierski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Alvise Caporale tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 64 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Eurospeed Asti! The referee gave Skarpa Ełk a penalty, 65 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Eugeniusz Wawrukiewicz, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Eurospeed Asti's Alvise Caporale. 4-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Attilio Arioli during the 68th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Skarpa Ełk booed when Eurospeed Asti was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Attilio Arioli didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 69th minute Mieszko Mazierski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alvise Caporale saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alvise Caporale came out of the goal in the 76th minute to try and stop a shot by Skarpa Ełk's Julian Wolicki. But to his dismay, Julian Wolicki quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Mieszko Mazierski managed to get in a good position for a shot. Skarpa Ełk's supporters rose to their feet, but Mieszko Mazierski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alvise Caporale breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Marian Pawlak hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. The supporters of Eurospeed Asti booed when Skarpa Ełk was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arkadiusz Dulka didn't get a good kick on the ball. Domenico Cipollini struck a weak shot in the 91st minute. Cyryl Liberko didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Eurospeed Asti. 97 minutes into the match, Skarpa Ełk's Mieszko Mazierski sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alvise Caporale narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Eurospeed Asti's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.