Friendly League

Colosseum of Pain
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Donato Amatori got the match started through his kick off. 8 minutes into the match, Alba FC's goal looked a bit too open when Andrea Tofani came free, but Davide Conte reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrea Tofani in the 10th minute of play forced Alba FC's goalkeeper Davide Conte to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Andrea Tofani blasted a shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Davide Conte having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrea Tofani in the 11th minute of play forced Alba FC's goalkeeper Davide Conte to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alba FC's Davide Conte played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mihail Brânza in the 13th minute of play. In the 17th minute Mihail Brânza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Davide Conte saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. I ritirandi di Canaus's Alexsandro Godoi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Donato Amatori in the 25th minute of play. When I ritirandi di Canaus's Andrea Tofani in the 26th minute got a chance for a shot 26th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Alba FC's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrea Tofani in the 28th minute of play forced Alba FC's goalkeeper Davide Conte to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Andrea Tofani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Davide Conte tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 32nd match minute, Alba FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Florian Stumpo to maneuver through the defense. Alba FC's Davide Conte played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andrea Tofani in the 37th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mihail Brânza in the 39th minute of play forced Alba FC's goalkeeper Davide Conte to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 39 minutes into the game, I ritirandi di Canaus's Mihail Brânza nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Davide Conte made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. A collision led to I ritirandi di Canaus getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Andrea Tofani hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Mihail Brânza managed to get in a good position for a shot. I ritirandi di Canaus's supporters rose to their feet, but Mihail Brânza was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Davide Conte breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Davide Conte took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andrea Tofani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Andrea Tofani to make the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mihail Brânza got free with Davide Conte in the 51st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Alexsandro Godoi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ciro Cino in the 52nd minute of the match. Davide Conte showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andrea Tofani, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Alba FC's Davide Conte played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andrea Tofani in the 62nd minute of play. I ritirandi di Canaus's Gustavo-Hernán Cabezudo was substituted for Andrea Tofani. I ritirandi di Canaus made a substitution. Comunardo Cerri replaced Mihail Brânza. Gustavo-Hernán Cabezudo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Davide Conte having to interfere. Davide Conte made an important save on a dangerous shot by Comunardo Cerri in the 72nd minute. Davide Conte showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustavo-Hernán Cabezudo in the 77th minute of the match. Alba FC's Davide Conte played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustavo-Hernán Cabezudo in the 80th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Federico Di Iorio during the 84th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of I ritirandi di Canaus booed when Alba FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Federico Di Iorio didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Comunardo Cerri got free with Davide Conte in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Davide Conte made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Comunardo Cerri in the 88th minute of play. Alba FC's Davide Conte played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustavo-Hernán Cabezudo in the 90th minute of play. Alexsandro Godoi came out of the goal in the 92nd minute to try and stop a shot by Alba FC's Federico Di Iorio. But to his dismay, Federico Di Iorio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. Davide Conte made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gustavo-Hernán Cabezudo in the 94th minute of play. 96 minutes into the match, Comunardo Cerri notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of Alba FC's Davide Conte. Davide Conte was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match was over I ritirandi di Canaus could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Alba FC throughout the match.