Friendly League

Meremõisa Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Madis Rändkivi made the kick off and thus started the match. Raul Rähn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grant Irø in the 5th minute of play. Raul Rähn came out of the goal in the 15th minute to try and stop a shot by Eurospeed Asti's Fausto Pinti. But to his dismay, Fausto Pinti quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. When Antonello Tofani fell near the penalty area in the 21st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Eurospeed Asti's protests and gave Antonello Tofani a yellow card for diving instead. A hard shot by Vambola Kalm from long distance, 22 minutes into the match, got Damiano Battisti's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Fausto Pinti kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. In the 27th minute Grant Irø shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Raul Rähn saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Raul Rähn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fausto Pinti, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 30th minute, Fausto Pinti ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Raul Rähn was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Fausto Pinti received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Raul Rähn tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 35 minutes into the match, Fc Meremõisa's goal looked a bit too open when Fausto Pinti came free, but Raul Rähn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Raul Rähn came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Eurospeed Asti's Fortunato Borromeo. But to his dismay, Fortunato Borromeo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. After having played for 38 minutes, Fausto Pinti managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Eurospeed Asti's supporters crossed their fingers, but Fausto Pinti was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Madis Rändkivi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Damiano Battisti made a huge save. After the first half Eurospeed Asti were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Fausto Pinti made a kick off. A collision led to Eurospeed Asti getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Antonello Tofani hit a great ball. Valdek Ilmjärv hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Fc Meremõisa's Julius Kree got a free kick in the 67th minute. Elia Pietrantoni's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Raul Rähn firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 68th minute of the match, Fortunato Borromeo got a very nice opportunity to score, but Raul Rähn was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Fortunato Borromeo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raul Rähn having to interfere. Damiano Battisti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Madis Rändkivi in the 73rd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Fc Meremõisa's Julius Kree got a free kick in the 75th minute. Elia Pietrantoni was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 75th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. In the 79th minute of the match, Elia Pietrantoni tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Raul Rähn saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Fortunato Borromeo scored 0-4 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Raul Rähn, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 93 minutes Fc Meremõisa's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Elia Pietrantoni who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Elia Pietrantoni got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Raul Rähn quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The Fc Meremõisa fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Eurospeed Asti were clearly better and deserved to take the win.