Friendly League

Asti Stadium
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jurand Mockiewicz started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Fausto Pinti had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Krzysztof Golaszewski. Red Devils's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fausto Pinti was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. After a rather tough play, Red Devils's Herbert Tscherner got a free kick in the 5th minute. In the 6th minute Elia Pietrantoni shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Krzysztof Golaszewski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Grant Irø made a great header on Eurospeed Asti's corner, it was just that Red Devils's Krzysztof Golaszewski managed to reach the ball for a save. Kazimierz Deyna received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Damiano Battisti tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Red Devils's Krzysztof Golaszewski got control of the ball when Fausto Pinti tried to sneak it across the goal line. Damiano Battisti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucjan Popowicz, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by Eurospeed Asti's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Bartlomiej Rakoski was slow to take the kick. During this time Red Devils's players had a chance to rest. After some fancy dribbling in the 21st minute, Dobromir Cwojdak managed to get in a good position for a shot. Red Devils's supporters rose to their feet, but Dobromir Cwojdak was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Damiano Battisti breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Damiano Battisti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jurand Mockiewicz in the 22nd minute of the match. Herbert Tscherner kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. Eurospeed Asti's Damiano Battisti played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jurand Mockiewicz in the 27th minute of play. In the 28th minute of the match Red Devils got a corner. Eurospeed Asti's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Bartlomiej Rakoski ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 31st minute, Iosif Gherase hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bartlomiej Rakoski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Kazimierz Deyna kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Krzysztof Golaszewski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elia Pietrantoni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 40thth minute of the game Jurand Mockiewicz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Eurospeed Asti's Damiano Battisti was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 41st minute of the match Red Devils got a corner. Eurospeed Asti's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Bartlomiej Rakoski ran over to the corner to take the kick. The supporters of Red Devils booed when Eurospeed Asti was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Elia Pietrantoni didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bartlomiej Rakoski took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 43rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Damiano Battisti. Eurospeed Asti's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Jurand Mockiewicz struck a weak shot in the 47th minute. Damiano Battisti didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Red Devils.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Elia Pietrantoni stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Damiano Battisti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jurand Mockiewicz, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Jurand Mockiewicz who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 57thth minute tested the skills of Damiano Battisti when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Jurand Mockiewicz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Damiano Battisti was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. Krzysztof Golaszewski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elia Pietrantoni in the 64th minute of play. In the 65th minute of the match, Jurand Mockiewicz got a very nice opportunity to score, but Damiano Battisti was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. A collision led to Eurospeed Asti getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Amedeo Moriggi hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Eurospeed Asti's Elia Pietrantoni got a free kick in the 74th minute. Eurospeed Asti's Damiano Battisti played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lucjan Popowicz in the 75th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Kazimierz Deyna kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Damiano Battisti. That made the score 1-2 in the 77 minute of play. Damiano Battisti stood somewhat misplaced when Jurand Mockiewicz came free in front of goal and shot 1-3 to the left of him in the 80 minute. In the 84th minute Fausto Pinti shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Krzysztof Golaszewski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jurand Mockiewicz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The supporters of Red Devils booed when Eurospeed Asti was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antonello Tofani didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Dobromir Cwojdak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 96 minutes into the game, Jurand Mockiewicz lined in a short shot 1-4 behind a frustrated Damiano Battisti. Red Devils's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.