League

Migliarina
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Christian Pietrantoni kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute, Ferdinando Meo got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Antonello Di Iulio recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 5th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 8 minutes into the match, Fabbrico AFC's goalkeeper Ennio Tiburtini had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ferdinando Meo. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edoardo Costantini in the 10th minute of play forced Fabbrico AFC's goalkeeper Ennio Tiburtini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 11th minute, Ferdinando Meo got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Migliarina's Antonello Di Iulio got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 17th minute, Antonello Di Iulio fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Fabbrico AFC's Ennio Tiburtini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antonello Di Iulio in the 20th minute of play. Ennio Tiburtini made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ferdinando Meo in the 22nd minute. Claudio Del Grosso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Comunardo Santini in the 23rd minute of the match. When Migliarina's Antonello Di Iulio in the 25th minute got a chance for a shot 25th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Fabbrico AFC's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antonello Di Iulio in the 29th minute of play forced Fabbrico AFC's goalkeeper Ennio Tiburtini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 30 minutes into the match, Migliarina's Ferdinando Meo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ennio Tiburtini narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 31 played minutes Fabbrico AFC got a freekick which was hit by Dave Piacentini. Migliarina's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Edoardo Costantini in the 33rd minute. Edoardo Costantini made a great header on Migliarina's corner, it was just that Fabbrico AFC's Ennio Tiburtini managed to reach the ball for a save. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Comunardo Santini managed to get in a good position for a shot. Fabbrico AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Comunardo Santini was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Claudio Del Grosso breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With 40 minutes on the clock, Damiano Delle Donne commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Migliarina fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 39th minute. Penalty! Bianco Picca shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. Claudio Del Grosso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christian Pietrantoni, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Ennio Tiburtini made an important save on a dangerous shot by Antonello Di Iulio in the 47th minute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Antonello Di Iulio stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Migliarina booed when Fabbrico AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amos Di Maio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Comunardo Santini's late challenge caught a Migliarina's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Comunardo Santini helped the player get up and apologised. Comunardo Santini kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Antonello Di Iulio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ennio Tiburtini was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. In the 55th minute Christian Pietrantoni shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Claudio Del Grosso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 57th minute, Fedele Bani hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Ferdinando Meo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ennio Tiburtini came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by Migliarina's Antonello Di Iulio. But to his dismay, Antonello Di Iulio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Ferdinando Meo scored 2-0 in the 72nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ennio Tiburtini, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ennio Tiburtini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antonello Di Iulio in the 76th minute of play. 88 minutes into the match, Fabbrico AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Antonello Di Iulio came free, but Ennio Tiburtini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Christian Pietrantoni kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. If Ferdinando Meo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ennio Tiburtini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antonello Di Iulio in the 92nd minute of the match. Antonello Di Iulio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Migliarina's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.