Friendly League

Colosseum of Pain
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ciro Cino made the kick off which started today's match. Antonio Di Luca blasted a shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Davide Conte having to make a save. Davide Conte showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antonio Di Luca in the 5th minute of the match. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by Alba FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Robert Pirès was slow to take the kick. During this time Old BaoBaB Accademy's players had a chance to rest. After 8 minutes Alba FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Robert Pirès who took care of the corner kick. Alba FC's Davide Conte played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Antonio Di Luca in the 11th minute of play. After some careless play in the Alba FC defense, Anfilogino Furia kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Davide Conte. The Alba FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Davide Conte should have stopped the shot. 15 minutes into the match, Old BaoBaB Accademy's Antonio Di Luca sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Davide Conte narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 20 minutes into the match, Antonio Di Luca had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Davide Conte. Alba FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Antonio Di Luca was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Davide Conte showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robert Pirès, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. In the 26thth minute of the game Robert Pirès who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Alba FC's Davide Conte was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Davide Conte showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robert Pirès in the 27th minute of the match. Davide Conte showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antonio Di Luca, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Davide Conte showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robert Pirès, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. After 36 minutes of play, Old BaoBaB Accademy's Anfilogino Furia made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Davide Conte was left in no man's land by his defense there! Davide Conte took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fiori Macedo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 41 minutes into the match, Alba FC's goal looked a bit too open when Robert Pirès came free, but Davide Conte reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 42nd minute, Antonio Di Luca left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Old BaoBaB Accademy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. In the 47th minute, Andrea Banana hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 48 played minutes, Old BaoBaB Accademy's Robert Pirès shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Davide Conte came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Old BaoBaB Accademy reached it. Disappointed in the 0-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Antonio Di Luca made the kick off in the second half. After 51 played minutes Alba FC got a freekick which was hit by Andrea Iannotti. Davide Conte was out of position in the 52 minute of play, and Antonio Di Luca capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Antonio Di Luca really showed his touch with that goal: 0-6. 58 minutes into the game, Old BaoBaB Accademy's Robert Pirès 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, 0-7. Davide Conte made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Antonio Di Luca sent off a good shot on target. 65 minutes into the match, Robert Pirès dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Davide Conte, 0-8. After some careless play in the Alba FC defense, Norberto Ursino kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Davide Conte. The Alba FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Davide Conte should have stopped the shot. In the 72nd minute, Antonio Di Luca reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Davide Conte. The goal made the score 0-10. 78 minutes in the game, Norberto Ursino dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. Per Krøldrup could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but Davide Conte made a huge save. If Prince Queen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alba FC's Davide Conte proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save Alba FC from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Per Krøldrup in the 84th minute of play forced Alba FC's goalkeeper Davide Conte to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Davide Conte took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Norberto Ursino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Antonio Di Luca could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Davide Conte made a huge save. After 91 minutes, Florian Stumpo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Alba FC and the Old BaoBaB Accademy players grew even worse after the yellow card. Florian Stumpo kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match.