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Moretti Arena
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Beppe Niccolai started the match with the kick off. Fortunato Barberio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Emanuele Brandini tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match clock showed 8 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Fortunato Barberio sped through A.C. Biassono's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Emanuele Brandini. Fedele Pelliccioni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arrigo Rondinelli, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Emilio Iacovacci charged in rather forcefully in the 22nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Emilio Iacovacci the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Baffo Moretti FC booed when A.C. Biassono was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emilio Iacovacci didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ermanno Scalia got in the 23rd minute a good position and tried a long shot which to a great surprise passed a very astonished Emanuele Brandini. This was a shot which ended in a score of 3-0. A.C. Biassono's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Arturo Juliano 26 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 4-0. If Fortunato Barberio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 35thth minute of the game Beppe Niccolai who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Baffo Moretti FC's Fedele Pelliccioni was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Fortunato Barberio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emanuele Brandini having to interfere. In the 41st minute, Carter Mansueto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alessandro Pietrangelo, 42 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. In the 45th minute, A.C. Biassono's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Fortunato Barberio fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Arturo Juliano managed to get in a good position for a shot. Baffo Moretti FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Arturo Juliano was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Emanuele Brandini breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.

The wind increased when Fortunato Barberio made the kick off in the second half. Emanuele Brandini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arturo Juliano in the 52nd minute of play. After having played for 54 minutes, Arturo Juliano managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Baffo Moretti FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Arturo Juliano was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Emanuele Brandini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fortunato Barberio in the 56th minute of the match. 59 minutes into the game, Alessandro Pietrangelo was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. A.C. Biassono's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Baffo Moretti FC the free kick. 58 minutes into the game, one of A.C. Biassono:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Fortunato Barberio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Emanuele Brandini tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Damiano Mirto hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. Dennis Di Campli hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Fortunato Barberio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emanuele Brandini was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. In the 86th minute, Fortunato Barberio left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Baffo Moretti FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0. Emilio Del Greco might have been able to make a better finish in the 90th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Emanuele Brandini. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Emilio Del Greco ran back to his position shaking his head. A hard, long distance shot from Fortunato Micucci flew over the goal. Fortunato Barberio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emanuele Brandini having to interfere. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Baffo Moretti FC had played much better football throughout.