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Spectators: 7894 (Terracing: 5965, Seating: 1829, VIP seats: 100) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Filippo Del Duca kicked off to start the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 3rd minute, Edoardo Di Santo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Porto Maurizio's supporters rose to their feet, but Edoardo Di Santo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ettore Bruno breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the match had gone on for 5 minutes, Adriano Grasso put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Ettore Bruno. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrea Gambini in the 9th minute of play forced ForzaToro's goalkeeper Ettore Bruno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ettore Bruno stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Andrea Gambini's shot from short distance in the 9th minute. After some careless play in the ForzaToro defense, Edoardo Di Santo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ettore Bruno. The ForzaToro fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ettore Bruno should have stopped the shot. A collision led to ForzaToro getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Emiliano De Luca hit a great ball. Ettore Bruno made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edoardo Di Santo in the 19th minute of play. Ettore Bruno didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Andrea Gambini went, in the 21st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. The audience was convinced that Liu Ming Jian's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ettore Bruno was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. In the 25th minute of the match Porto Maurizio got a corner. ForzaToro's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Emiliano Gaudino ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Porto Maurizio's corner Titan Derman fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ettore Bruno quite easily take care of the ball. Ettore Bruno took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andrea Gambini, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 30 minutes into the game, Antonio Filippini was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ForzaToro's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Porto Maurizio the free kick. After 31 played minutes ForzaToro got a freekick which was hit by Antonio Filippini. When Liu Ming Jian came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the Porto Maurizio fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Liu Ming Jian couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrea Gambini in the 34th minute of play forced ForzaToro's goalkeeper Ettore Bruno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 36 minutes of play, Porto Maurizio's Liu Ming Jian made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ettore Bruno was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ettore Bruno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adriano Grasso in the 40th minute of the match. Ettore Bruno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Franco Ramundo in the 46th minute of the match. Edoardo Di Santo scored 0-5 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ettore Bruno, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-5 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Adriano Grasso to make the kick off. Ettore Bruno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edoardo Di Santo in the 53rd minute of the match. In the 57th minute, Porto Maurizio's Liu Ming Jian ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ettore Bruno. Ettore Bruno yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-6. The audience was convinced that Liu Ming Jian's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ettore Bruno was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. Ettore Bruno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edoardo Di Santo in the 62nd minute of the match. After 63 minutes, Daniele Parco mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ForzaToro and the Porto Maurizio players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Porto Maurizio booed when ForzaToro was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Daniele Parco didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ettore Bruno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Liu Ming Jian in the 65th minute of the match. Ettore Bruno didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Adriano Grasso went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-8 was the resulting score. 0-9 became the score in the 73rd minute when Liu Ming Jian elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 79 minutes into the game, Porto Maurizio's Liu Ming Jian nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ettore Bruno made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-10. Edoardo Di Santo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 84th minute, Porto Maurizio's Liu Ming Jian ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ettore Bruno. Ettore Bruno yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-11. After 87 played minutes ForzaToro got a freekick which was hit by Filippo Del Duca. Ettore Bruno took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Liu Ming Jian, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 91 minutes into the match, ForzaToro's goal looked a bit too open when Liu Ming Jian came free, but Ettore Bruno reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The ForzaToro fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Porto Maurizio were clearly better and deserved to take the win.