League

Stadio San Nicola
Spectators: 5210 (Terracing: 4100, Seating: 1100, VIP seats: 10) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Angelo Fabiani kicked off to start the match. Alessandro Miccio's late challenge caught a totaalvoetbal's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alessandro Miccio helped the player get up and apologised. Alessandro Miccio kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. Emilio Cabrini was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Angelo Fabiani showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 12 minute of play. 15 minutes into the game, Angelo Fabiani cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Emilio Cabrini was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 22nd minute, Alessandro Carozza ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Amos Salvadore was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Emilio Cabrini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Angelo Fabiani, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. 26 minutes into the match, totaalvoetbal's goalkeeper Emilio Cabrini had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alexander Bellucci. After a rather tough play, totaalvoetbal's Andrea Bracco got a free kick in the 31st minute. ssc bari 1908's Alexander Bellucci got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Angelo Fabiani's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emilio Cabrini was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. Emilio Cabrini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fortunato Barbanti in the 36th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Carmine Barbato's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emilio Cabrini was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. Amos Salvadore showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabiano Borromeo, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. After 43 played minutes totaalvoetbal got a freekick which was hit by Edoardo Castronovo. With an all-out effort, ssc bari 1908's Emilio Cabrini threw himself towards the right post 44 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Angelo Fabiani, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 45th minute, Alexander Bellucci hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Fabiano Borromeo made a kick off. Emilio Cabrini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Angelo Fabiani in the 51st minute of the match. 59 minutes into the match, totaalvoetbal's goal looked a bit too open when Alexander Bellucci came free, but Emilio Cabrini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Emilio Cabrini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Angelo Fabiani in the 60th minute of play. Emilio Cabrini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Angelo Fabiani in the 62nd minute of the match. After 64 minutes of play ssc bari 1908's Alessandro Miccio was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Amos Salvadore was out of position in the 68 minute of play, and Fabiano Borromeo capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Fabiano Borromeo really showed his touch with that goal: 2-2. In the 72nd minute Alessandro Carozza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amos Salvadore saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 72nd minute, Carmine Barbato hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 75 minutes into the match, Alexander Bellucci had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Emilio Cabrini. totaalvoetbal's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alexander Bellucci was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. After 79 minutes of play, ssc bari 1908's Anselmo Gori made it 4-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Emilio Cabrini was left in no man's land by his defense there! 85 minutes into the game, Carmine Barbato was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ssc bari 1908's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave totaalvoetbal the free kick. In the 85th minute, Carmine Barbato hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 91 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for totaalvoetbal! In the 93rd minute there was a penalty for ssc bari 1908. Fortunato Barbanti stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Emilio Cabrini. 5-2. totaalvoetbal's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.