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Alfredo Di Stéfano
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Turgay Hafi, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. Ciro Nerio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. In the 9th minute Sigfrido Auletta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ciro Nerio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th minute, Clodoveo Matro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bancruz F.C's supporters rose to their feet, but Clodoveo Matro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Flavio Vittori breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sigfrido Auletta in the 15th minute of play forced Bancruz F.C's goalkeeper Ciro Nerio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ciro Nerio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. In the 24th minute Turgay Hafi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Flavio Vittori saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Bancruz F.C defense, Zaccheo Andolina kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ciro Nerio. The Bancruz F.C fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ciro Nerio should have stopped the shot. In the 31st minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ciro Nerio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Italy booed when Bancruz F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zhelyazko Balakov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ciro Nerio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sigfrido Auletta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ciro Nerio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 41st minute of play. In the 43rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Italy's goalkeeper Flavio Vittori, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 44 played minutes Italy got a freekick which was hit by Porziano Marchitelli. When Zhelyazko Balakov fell near the penalty area in the 45th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Bancruz F.C's protests and gave Zhelyazko Balakov a yellow card for diving instead. Zhelyazko Balakov kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Turgay Hafi to strike the kick off in the second half. Ciro Nerio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zaccheo Andolina, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. In the 58th minute of the match, Zaccheo Andolina tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Ciro Nerio saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Ciro Nerio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zaccheo Andolina in the 59th minute of the match. Bancruz F.C's Ciro Nerio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 66th minute of play. Zhelyazko Balakov was shown his second yellow card after 72 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Bancruz F.C made a substitution. Andro Konsap replaced Clodoveo Matro. Bancruz F.C's Çelikan Koçaş was substituted for Turgay Hafi. A collision led to Bancruz F.C getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Zhelyazko Balakov hit a great ball. 84 minutes into the match, Bancruz F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Ciro Nerio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Italy made a substitution. Sansone Vanella replaced Gianpaolo Mascari. 86 minutes had been played when some careless play by Bancruz F.C's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Siricio Liotta was slow to take the kick. During this time Italy's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Italy's corner Sostene Vitulli fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ciro Nerio quite easily take care of the ball. In the 87th minute, Sostene Vitulli reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ciro Nerio. The goal made the score 0-2. A nice corner shot did that Siricio Liotta got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ciro Nerio quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The Bancruz F.C fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Italy were clearly better and deserved to take the win.