Friendly League

Merceron Arena
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Arturo Di Matteo made the kick off and thus started the match. After 2 played minutes Calenzano got a freekick which was hit by Ahmed Sinan. If Arturo Di Matteo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Daniele Bucciarelli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arturo Di Matteo in the 9th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Merceron United defense, Arturo Di Matteo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Daniele Bucciarelli. The Merceron United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Daniele Bucciarelli should have stopped the shot. Anthony Catapano made in the 20th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Calenzano's Ahmed Sinan. The audience was convinced that Arturo Di Matteo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Daniele Bucciarelli was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. After 22 minutes Merceron United's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Fedele Alessandrini who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Calenzano's Fedele Alessandrini to fire away a dangerous shot which Daniele Bucciarelli despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After 27 minutes of play, Calenzano's Arturo Di Matteo made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Daniele Bucciarelli was left in no man's land by his defense there! Arturo Di Matteo might have been able to make a better finish in the 35th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Daniele Bucciarelli. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Arturo Di Matteo ran back to his position shaking his head. Daniele Bucciarelli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arturo Di Matteo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 37th minute Yaniusky Pardo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniele Bucciarelli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Donato Balestra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edoardo Pascucci in the 41st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arturo Di Matteo in the 44th minute of play forced Merceron United's goalkeeper Daniele Bucciarelli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Calenzano's Donato Balestra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edoardo Pascucci in the 47th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The wind increased when Dinei Fernandez made the kick off in the second half. Ahmed Sinan made in the 53rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Merceron United's Anthony Catapano. With a little luck, Merceron United's Daniele Bucciarelli got control of the ball when Yaniusky Pardo tried to sneak it across the goal line. 65 minutes into the game, Merceron United's Dinei Fernandez nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Donato Balestra made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Calenzano's Ennio Daniele was substituted for Alessio Santini. Calenzano's Pierrot Leenpoels was substituted for Arturo Di Matteo. After 70 played minutes Calenzano got a freekick which was hit by Enzo Martelli. If Pierrot Leenpoels had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pierrot Leenpoels in the 73rd minute of play forced Merceron United's goalkeeper Daniele Bucciarelli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pierrot Leenpoels got free with Daniele Bucciarelli in the 87th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Fedele Bassi during the 92nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Merceron United's Fedele Bassi got a free kick in the 92nd minute. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.