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Giancarlo Siani
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Anselmo Petroni made the kick off which started today's match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alfonso Valente in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Emiliano Lucente saved Alessandria from getting behind. After 4 minutes of play, Tempest Team's Anselmo Petroni made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Emiliano Lucente was left in no man's land by his defense there! 7 minutes into the game, Tempest Team's Alfonso Valente nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Emiliano Lucente made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Donato Santalucia scored 0-3 in the 10th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Emiliano Lucente, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 13th minute, Anselmo Petroni left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tempest Team fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Emiliano Lucente made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfonso Bolognesi in the 16th minute of play. 18 minutes into the game, Tempest Team's Alfonso Bolognesi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Emiliano Lucente made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. After a defensive mix-up in Alessandria's zone, Alfonso Bolognesi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Emiliano Lucente came out of the goal and Alfonso Bolognesi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Donato Santalucia kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. If Anselmo Petroni had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Emiliano Lucente came out of the goal in the 34th minute to try and stop a shot by Tempest Team's Alfonso Bolognesi. But to his dismay, Alfonso Bolognesi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-8. Emiliano Lucente took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Klavs Snedgaard, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Donato Santalucia in the 43rd minute of play forced Alessandria's goalkeeper Emiliano Lucente to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alessandria's Emiliano Lucente played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alfonso Bolognesi in the 44th minute of play. Emiliano Lucente took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alfonso Valente, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Disappointed in the 0-8 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ferdinando Stefano stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Anselmo Petroni ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Emiliano Lucente was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-9. Emiliano Lucente made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Donato Santalucia in the 54th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Donato Santalucia in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Emiliano Lucente saved Alessandria from getting behind. Anselmo Petroni took the ball and in the 56 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Emiliano Lucente. Emiliano Lucente dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-10. With his leg Emiliano Lucente managed to avoid a goal in the 59thth minute, when Tempest Team's Anselmo Petroni fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 60 minutes into the game, Dave Di Mattia was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Alessandria's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Tempest Team the free kick. Emiliano Lucente made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfonso Bolognesi in the 61st minute of play. Alfonso Valente succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-11 in the 62nd playminute. Emiliano Lucente was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Anselmo Petroni showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-12 in the 67 minute of play. In the 70th minute, Alfonso Valente made a precise shot to the right of Emiliano Lucente. Alessandria's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-13. When the match had gone on for 73 minutes, Alfonso Bolognesi took a quick shot and it went in 0-14 without a chance for Emiliano Lucente to make any attempt to save it. In the 76th minute Alfonso Bolognesi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emiliano Lucente saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Klavs Snedgaard's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emiliano Lucente was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. With a little luck, Alessandria's Emiliano Lucente got control of the ball when Anselmo Petroni tried to sneak it across the goal line. 80 minutes had been played when some careless play by Alessandria's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Donato Santalucia was slow to take the kick. During this time Tempest Team's players had a chance to rest. A very nice done corner allowed Alfonso Valente to score against Emiliano Lucente in Alessandria's goal. 0-15 after 80 minutes. When Tempest Team's Alfonso Valente in the 85th minute got a chance for a shot 85th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Alessandria's goalie prevented a goal. 86 minutes into the game, Tempest Team's Anselmo Petroni nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Emiliano Lucente made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-16. Emiliano Lucente made an important save on a dangerous shot by Anselmo Petroni in the 89th minute. Emiliano Lucente showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alfonso Bolognesi, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. When the final whistle sounded Tempest Team left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Alessandria.