Friendly League

Romolo Di Reto
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Bernardino Vedillo kicked off to start the match. After 5 minutes of play, PICCOLE PESTI's Bernardino Vedillo made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Urbano Saturnin was left in no man's land by his defense there! 8 minutes into the game, Elia Di Vincenzo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Fabrizio Manzi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Urbano Saturnin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fortunato Brini, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 15 minutes in the game Inácio de Salles did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Deng Jian Bing. In the 22nd minute, Sao Brasola's Deng Jian Bing ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Fabrizio Manzi. Fabrizio Manzi yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-1. In the 25th minute, one of PICCOLE PESTI:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for PICCOLE PESTI. Fabrizio Manzi had in the 26thth minute some difficulties stopping Deng Jian Bing's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Deng Jian Bing could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Fabrizio Manzi made a huge save. 42 minutes into the game, Inácio de Salles threw the ball into play from the sideline. PICCOLE PESTI's Aaron Anselmino quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After a rather tough play, Sao Brasola's Arthur Damm got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 54th minute, Joseph Asklöv ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fabrizio Manzi was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joseph Asklöv in the 66th minute of play forced PICCOLE PESTI's goalkeeper Fabrizio Manzi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ettore Varglien recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 69th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 72 minutes into the match, Sao Brasola's goalkeeper Urbano Saturnin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pietruzzu Rizzi. Fortunato Brini hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Fabrizio Manzi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joseph Asklöv in the 77th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, PICCOLE PESTI's Tom Jakobsson got a free kick in the 77th minute. PICCOLE PESTI made a substitution. Secondo Arshavin replaced Zhang Xi Yi. Tom Jakobsson hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Joseph Asklöv took the ball and in the 79 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fabrizio Manzi. Fabrizio Manzi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. If Cesare Punta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, PICCOLE PESTI's Bernabe Urki got a free kick in the 89th minute. Fabrizio Manzi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Deng Jian Bing in the 90th minute of play. There was no doubt that Sao Brasola were the better team. Sao Brasola's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.