League

Quercioli
Spectators: 7371 (Terracing: 5529, Seating: 1695, VIP seats: 147) ViDeS Udine's Christian Cusumano started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Dennis Faccio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Alex Taddeo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fortunato Festa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Cosimo Brambilla tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 17 minutes, Alberigo Melucci mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ViDeS Udine and the LYON ★★★★★ STELLE players grew even worse after the yellow card. ViDeS Udine's Domenico Di Dio was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Alex Taddeo in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 24 minutes into the match, Fortunato Festa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cosimo Brambilla. ViDeS Udine's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fortunato Festa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Arrigo Pozzo in the 28th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cosimo Brambilla saved ViDeS Udine from getting behind. After a rather tough play, ViDeS Udine's Achille Azzolina got a free kick in the 31st minute. Arrigo Pozzo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Fortunato Festa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cosimo Brambilla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ciro Bassani, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. In the 39th match minute, ViDeS Udine was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Achille Azzolina to maneuver through the defense. When Fortunato Festa came up free with the goalie in the 40th minute, the LYON ★★★★★ STELLE 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 Fortunato Festa couldn't finish the play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Fortunato Festa in the 42nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Cosimo Brambilla prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ferruccio Liberatore hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. After 45 played minutes, LYON ★★★★★ STELLE's Alexander Orsi shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Cosimo Brambilla came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in LYON ★★★★★ STELLE reached it. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Arrigo Pozzo made a kick off. ViDeS Udine's Cosimo Brambilla played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arrigo Pozzo in the 54th minute of play. Domenico Di Dio hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Alberigo Melucci hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Alexander Orsi shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. A collision led to ViDeS Udine getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Flavio Traini hit a great ball. In the 74th minute of the match, Fortunato Festa got a very nice opportunity to score, but Cosimo Brambilla was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Fortunato Festas short, quick shot in the 79thth minute got Cosimo Brambilla to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Cosimo Brambilla had great luck who in the 80thth minute grab hold of the ball when Arrigo Pozzo from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Flavio Traini hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. In the 83rd minute the ball was on its way in behind ViDeS Udine's goalkeeper Cosimo Brambilla, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Cosimo Brambilla was a little too slow when Arrigo Pozzo got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 88th minute. The score was now 0-5. Alex Taddeo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christian Cusumano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. LYON ★★★★★ STELLE's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.