League

Grande Toro
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Alfonso Bernardini took the kick off in the first half of the match. Beppe Riccardi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 2nd minute. Alvaro Peca tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alvaro Peca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anthony Oddi, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. If Alfonso Franco had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fabrizio Zoff made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alfonso Franco in the 8th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Beppe Riccardi in the 11th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alvaro Peca saved TORO from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Beppe Riccardi in the 15th minute of play forced TORO's goalkeeper Alvaro Peca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 18 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Anthony Oddi sped through TORO's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Alvaro Peca. TORO's Alvaro Peca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anthony Oddi in the 21st minute of play. The audience was convinced that Beppe Riccardi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alvaro Peca was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Alvaro Peca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Beppe Riccardi in the 25th minute of play. After some careless play in the TORO defense, Andrea Orecchioni kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alvaro Peca. The TORO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alvaro Peca should have stopped the shot. Alvaro Peca stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Beppe Riccardi's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. 33 minutes into the match, Beppe Riccardi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alvaro Peca. TORO's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Beppe Riccardi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. A collision led to TORO getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Emiliano Morini hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Anthony Oddi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Riccardo & Erika's supporters rose to their feet, but Anthony Oddi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alvaro Peca breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 41 minutes, Biagio Vani mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Riccardo & Erika and the TORO players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 41st minute, Biagio Vani hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 44th minute Andrea Orecchioni shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alvaro Peca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 46 minutes into the match, TORO's goal looked a bit too open when Andrea Orecchioni came free, but Alvaro Peca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

52 minutes into the game, Andrea Orecchioni recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Alvaro Peca. Andrea Orecchioni showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-4. Alfonso Bernardini struck a weak shot in the 56th minute. Fabrizio Zoff didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for TORO. In the 59th minute, Cristoforo Lenzi reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Alvaro Peca. The goal made the score 0-5. After a defensive mix-up in Riccardo & Erika's zone, Alfonso Franco stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fabrizio Zoff came out of the goal and Alfonso Franco tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some careless play in the TORO defense, Andrea Orecchioni kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alvaro Peca. The TORO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alvaro Peca should have stopped the shot. Biagio Vani scored 0-7 in the 73rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alvaro Peca, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 76 minutes into the match, TORO's goal looked a bit too open when Anthony Oddi came free, but Alvaro Peca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Riccardo & Erika's Fabrizio Zoff played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filippo Ippoliti in the 78th minute of play. When Felice Galliani came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the Riccardo & Erika 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 Felice Galliani couldn't finish the play. Andrea Orecchioni hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Alvaro Peca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andrea Orecchioni in the 83rd minute of the match. Filippo Ippoliti hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. With his leg Alvaro Peca managed to avoid a goal in the 86thth minute, when Riccardo & Erika's Beppe Riccardi fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Alfonso Bernardini received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Fabrizio Zoff tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fabrizio Zoff made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfonso Franco in the 89th minute of play. Beppe Riccardi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Alvaro Peca made a huge save.