Friendly League

Romolo Di Reto
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Joseph Asklöv kicked off to start the match. After 10 minutes Sao Brasola's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Maciej Kaznocha who took care of the corner kick. Maciej Kaznocha made a great header on GG Team FC's corner, it was just that Sao Brasola's Urbano Saturnin managed to reach the ball for a save. The supporters of Sao Brasola booed when GG Team FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bernardo Scandella didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cesare Punta in the 12th minute of play forced GG Team FC's goalkeeper Fortunato Montini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 16 minutes in the game Nojus Barasa did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Cesare Punta. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Dave De Bartolo managed to get in a good position for a shot. GG Team FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Dave De Bartolo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Urbano Saturnin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 26 played minutes Sao Brasola got a freekick which was hit by Nojus Barasa. Fortunato Montini stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cesare Punta's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. Cesare Punta blasted a shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Fortunato Montini having to make a save. In the 32nd minute Cesare Punta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fortunato Montini saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Sao Brasola booed when GG Team FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dave De Bartolo didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lu Jian Feng during the 40th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of GG Team FC booed when Sao Brasola was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lu Jian Feng didn't get a good kick on the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dave De Bartolo to make the kick off. A throw-in in the 53rd minute of the game was made by Lu Jian Feng with Nojus Barasa as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Bianco Zarillo's late challenge caught a Sao Brasola's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bianco Zarillo helped the player get up and apologised. In the 56th minute, Bianco Zarillo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sao Brasola's Joseph Asklöv got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 74 minutes into the match, Sao Brasola's Joseph Asklöv sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fortunato Montini narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 76 minutes into the match, Sao Brasola's goal looked a bit too open when Dennis Man came free, but Urbano Saturnin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the GG Team FC defense, Cesare Punta kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fortunato Montini. The GG Team FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fortunato Montini should have stopped the shot. 82 minutes into the match, Dennis Man notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Sao Brasola's Urbano Saturnin. Urbano Saturnin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match had gone on for 85 minutes, Dennis Man took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Urbano Saturnin to make any attempt to save it. Bo Dyken fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Urbano Saturnin having to interfere.