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Match Report
Manhattan Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31,
Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Rigoberto Ceandro kicked off to start the match. 7 minutes into the match, Italy's goal looked a bit too open when Bumin Mete came free, but Flavio Vittori reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 13th minute Porziano Marchitelli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Domingo Bide saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 15th minute, Ali Cengiz Peykan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The NYC United fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. 27 minutes into the match, NYC United's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Domingo Bide reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 30 minutes into the match, NYC United's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Domingo Bide reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 30 minutes of play, Italy's Zaccheo Andolina made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Domingo Bide was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a little luck, Italy's Flavio Vittori got control of the ball when Ali Cengiz Peykan tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 38th minute of the game Joe Roget made a throw-in which Melchor Carlomagno played forward. After some careless play in the NYC United defense, Siricio Liotta kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Domingo Bide. The NYC United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Domingo Bide should have stopped the shot.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Zaccheo Andolina made a kick off. Zaccheo Andolina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Domingo Bide read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 53rd minute of play. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bumin Mete in the 54th minute of play. When Italy's Zaccheo Andolina in the 58th minute got a chance for a shot 58th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye NYC United's goalie prevented a goal. In the 61st minute of the match Italy got a corner. NYC United's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sigfrido Auletta ran over to the corner to take the kick. Italy's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sigfrido Auletta in the 63rd minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Zaccheo Andolina kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Domingo Bide. That made the score 2-3 in the 66 minute of play. The audience was convinced that Zaccheo Andolina's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Domingo Bide was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. Italy were awarded a corner in the 78th minute after NYC United's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sigfrido Auletta took the corner. The throw-in from Melchor Carlomagno in the 80th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Flavio Vittori showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ali Cengiz Peykan, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. In the 89th minute, Bumin Mete left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The NYC United fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-3. Italy's Sansone Vanella was substituted for Gianpaolo Mascari. Italy made a substitution. Adriano Curto replaced Zaccheo Andolina. Italy's Flavio Vittori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ali Cengiz Peykan in the 95th minute of play. In the 96th match minute, Italy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eliseo Cutri to maneuver through the defense. The Italy players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented NYC United from taking control. The game ends in a draw.
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