Friendly League

C.S. Comunale
Spectators: 48 (Terracing: 37, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ruud van Nistelrooij got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to Maritek FC getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Filippo Lucente hit a great ball. 4 minutes into the match, Ruud van Nistelrooij had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hélio O'Connell. Maritek FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ruud van Nistelrooij was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. After 7 minutes, Eugenio Palumbo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Maritek FC and the Calenzano players grew even worse after the yellow card. Eugenio Palumbo hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Maritek FC's Hélio O'Connell got control of the ball when Ruud van Nistelrooij tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Maritek FC's zone, Ruud van Nistelrooij stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hélio O'Connell came out of the goal and Ruud van Nistelrooij tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Hélio O'Connell took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ruud van Nistelrooij, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Ruud van Nistelrooij had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Hélio O'Connell made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ruud van Nistelrooij in the 23rd minute. In the 27th minute, Ruud van Nistelrooij 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. The throw-in from Filippo Lucente in the 33rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Calenzano's Ahmed Sinan. Calenzano's Donato Balestra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felice Tacco in the 44th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Andrea Mariani during the 45th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Maritek FC's Andrea Mariani got a free kick in the 45th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ettore Santo to make the kick off. Maritek FC's Hélio O'Connell played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ruud van Nistelrooij in the 52nd minute of play. Hélio O'Connell stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ruud van Nistelrooij's shot from short distance in the 56th minute. 58 minutes into the match, Maritek FC's goal looked a bit too open when Ruud van Nistelrooij came free, but Hélio O'Connell reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Calenzano's Ruud van Nistelrooij in the 62nd minute got a chance for a shot 62nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Maritek FC's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ruud van Nistelrooij in the 68th minute of play forced Maritek FC's goalkeeper Hélio O'Connell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hélio O'Connell stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ruud van Nistelrooij's shot from short distance in the 68th minute. After having played for 70 minutes, Ruud van Nistelrooij managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Calenzano's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ruud van Nistelrooij was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Maritek FC made a substitution. Federico Ondino replaced Felice Tacco. Calenzano made a substitution. Ennio Daniele replaced Alessio Santini. Calenzano's Arturo Di Matteo was substituted for Ruud van Nistelrooij. In the 74th minute, Arturo Di Matteo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hélio O'Connell was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. In the 77th minute Arturo Di Matteo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hélio O'Connell saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Donato Balestra made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jon Snow in the 78th minute. Donato Balestra made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Tomás Moita sent off a good shot on target. In the 83rd minute, Yaniusky Pardo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Donato Balestra made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Tomás Moita sent off a good shot on target. In the 92nd minute, Federico Ondino 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. After having played for 95 minutes, Federico Ondino managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Maritek FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Federico Ondino was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ettore Santo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Maritek FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.