Friendly League

Gone With the Win
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Stuart Brayson started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Ed Ingram didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Grant Irø went, in the 3rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. 6 minutes into the game, Elia Pietrantoni cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Ed Ingram was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind Eurospeed Asti's goalkeeper Damiano Battisti, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 11th minute, Grant Irø ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ed Ingram was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. In the 16th minute, Elia Pietrantoni made a precise shot to the right of Ed Ingram. Gone With the Win's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. After some careless play in the Gone With the Win defense, Svetlozar Cholakov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ed Ingram. The Gone With the Win fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ed Ingram should have stopped the shot. Jez Mabbutt kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Ed Ingram made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elia Pietrantoni in the 23rd minute of play. Ed Ingram showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grant Irø, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Kyle Eglington during the 31st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Gone With the Win's Kyle Eglington got a free kick in the 31st minute. 37 minutes into the match, Svetlozar Cholakov notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of Gone With the Win's Ed Ingram. Ed Ingram was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 40th minute Stuart Brayson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Damiano Battisti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 42 minutes into the match, Elia Pietrantoni had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ed Ingram. Gone With the Win's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Elia Pietrantoni was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-7. Fausto Pinti fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ed Ingram having to interfere.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Fausto Pinti made a kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Gone With the Win's goalkeeper Ed Ingram had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Grant Irø. In the 52nd minute of the match, Elia Pietrantoni tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Ed Ingram saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Ed Ingram took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Svetlozar Cholakov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ed Ingram made an important save on a dangerous shot by Grant Irø in the 62nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elia Pietrantoni in the 69th minute of play forced Gone With the Win's goalkeeper Ed Ingram to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ed Ingram made an important save on a dangerous shot by Elia Pietrantoni in the 70th minute. Ed Ingram showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elia Pietrantoni in the 77th minute of the match. In the 79th minute, Eurospeed Asti's Iosif Gherase ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ed Ingram. Ed Ingram yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-9. Ed Ingram made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fausto Pinti in the 87th minute. Gone With the Win's Ed Ingram proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save Gone With the Win from getting a goal against them. Gone With the Win's Stuart Brayson got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Antonello Tofani fell near the penalty area in the 94th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Eurospeed Asti's protests and gave Antonello Tofani a yellow card for diving instead. In the 94th minute, Antonello Tofani hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the final whistle sounded Eurospeed Asti left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Gone With the Win.