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Riccardo & Erika Sta
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Zac O'Donnell kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, Scotland's goal looked a bit too open when Bruno Papa came free, but Alexander Higgins reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alexander Higgins showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anthony Oddi in the 4th minute of the match. Scotland's Alexander Higgins proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Scotland from getting a goal against them. 8 minutes into the match, Scotland's goalkeeper Alexander Higgins had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bruno Papa. 12 minutes into the match, Bruno Papa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alexander Higgins. Scotland's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bruno Papa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Bruno Papa scored 2-0 in the 15th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alexander Higgins, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Bruno Papa scored 3-0 in the 22nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alexander Higgins, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After having played for 28 minutes, Alistair Morrison managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Scotland's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alistair Morrison was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 29 minutes into the match, Anthony Oddi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alexander Higgins. Scotland's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Anthony Oddi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. In the 37th minute, Riccardo & Erika's Bruno Papa ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Alexander Higgins. Alexander Higgins yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 5-0. In the 47th match minute, Scotland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jaxson Russell to maneuver through the defense. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bruno Papa stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Bruno Papa notched a goal, 6-0, to the right of Scotland's Alexander Higgins. Alexander Higgins was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to Riccardo & Erika getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Bruno Papa hit a great ball. With a little luck, Riccardo & Erika's Damiano Marsili got control of the ball when Alistair Morrison tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 62nd minute Enrico Proietti shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alexander Higgins saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 70th minute, Anthony Oddi 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. 74 minutes into the match, Bruno Papa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alexander Higgins. Scotland's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bruno Papa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. After 77 played minutes Riccardo & Erika got a freekick which was hit by Enrico Proietti. 80 minutes into the game, Robert McNeill was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Scotland's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Riccardo & Erika the free kick. In the 81st minute, Robert McNeill hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alexander Higgins showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruno Papa in the 84th minute of the match. Alexander Higgins didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bruno Papa went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 8-0 was the resulting score. After having played for 93 minutes, Robert McNeill managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Scotland's supporters crossed their fingers, but Robert McNeill was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Riccardo & Erika fully deserved thier win.