U21 League

A.S. Trastevere
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Anselmo Punta got the match started through his kick off. Claudio Cavallo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gergin Muchanov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fabrizio Lizzi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 11 minutes, Eraldo Facchetti managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. A.S. Trastevere's supporters crossed their fingers, but Eraldo Facchetti was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a defensive mix-up in A.S. Trastevere's zone, Anselmo Punta stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alexander La Penna came out of the goal and Anselmo Punta tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 15 minutes into the game, Alex Pallini cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Claudio Cavallo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Claudio Cavallo came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by A.S. Trastevere's Alex Pallini. But to his dismay, Alex Pallini quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Claudio Cavallo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gergin Muchanov in the 35th minute. Eraldo Facchetti hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. 41 minutes into the match, Gergin Muchanov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Claudio Cavallo. LIVIOFOREVER's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gergin Muchanov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. A collision led to A.S. Trastevere getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Andrea Walcher hit a great ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Eraldo Facchetti to strike the kick off in the second half. Claudio Cavallo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alex Pallini, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. A collision led to LIVIOFOREVER getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Alex Iachini hit a great ball. In the 58th minute Eraldo Facchetti shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Claudio Cavallo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the LIVIOFOREVER defense, Eraldo Facchetti kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Claudio Cavallo. The LIVIOFOREVER fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Claudio Cavallo should have stopped the shot. In the 66th minute, Eraldo Facchetti 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. Alex Pallini might have been able to make a better finish in the 66th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Claudio Cavallo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alex Pallini ran back to his position shaking his head. Eraldo Facchetti fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Claudio Cavallo having to interfere. When A.S. Trastevere's Ermanno Pellecchia in 72 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Claudio Cavallo guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. After 77 played minutes A.S. Trastevere got a freekick which was hit by Gergin Muchanov. Alexander La Penna was out of position in the 78 minute of play, and Anselmo Punta capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Anselmo Punta really showed his touch with that goal: 5-1. If Antonio Fulgenzi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A.S. Trastevere's Alexander La Penna proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save A.S. Trastevere from getting a goal against them. Claudio Cavallo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ermanno Pellecchia in the 85th minute of play. After a rather tough play, LIVIOFOREVER's Alex Iachini got a free kick in the 88th minute. Claudio Cavallo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eraldo Facchetti went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-1 was the resulting score. In the 95th minute, Emilio Cabrini hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A.S. Trastevere's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.