U21 League

XMAS park
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ennio De Nardis kicked off to start the match. 4 minutes into the game, Ferruccio Cesaroni was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. XMAS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave LA Lord Perez the free kick. In the 4th match minute, XMAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ferruccio Cesaroni to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ennio De Nardis in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Armin Bondi saved LA Lord Perez from getting behind. When the match had gone on for 13 minutes, Ennio De Nardis took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Armin Bondi to make any attempt to save it. Armin Bondi was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ennio De Nardis showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 16 minute of play. When the match had gone on for 26 minutes, Ennio De Nardis put it in 3-0 from a short distance just to the right of Armin Bondi. Comunardo Quadrini kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. In the 35thth minute of the game Ennio De Nardis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but LA Lord Perez's Armin Bondi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Armin Bondi was out of position in the 40 minute of play, and Comunardo Quadrini capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Comunardo Quadrini really showed his touch with that goal: 4-0. If Christian Zaccardi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. XMAS's Eugenio Casiraghi was substituted for Christian Zaccardi. After a rather tough play, XMAS's Dave Barillari got a free kick in the 49th minute.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Alfonso Schiavoni to strike the kick off in the second half. Ennio De Nardis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Armin Bondi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 58 minutes into the game, Ennio De Nardis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. XMAS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave LA Lord Perez the free kick. In the 60thth minute of the game Alfonso Schiavoni who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but XMAS's Filippo Barbato was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Ennio De Nardis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Armin Bondi was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. Armin Bondi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ennio De Nardis's shot from short distance in the 73rd minute. Filippo Barbato made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfonso Schiavoni in the 77th minute of play. After 82 played minutes XMAS got a freekick which was hit by Comunardo Quadrini. Ettore Mazzocchetti sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The XMAS fans' excitement grew in the 93rd match minute when XMAS's Ennio De Nardis looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 5-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. XMAS had played much better football throughout.