Friendly League

GG Stadium
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Amedeo Piermattei started the match with the kick off. Thanks to some nice moves Hassan Marcou could shoot a difficult shot in the 4th minute, which Josué Rego however easily saved by the left post. After 4 played minutes Zola Predosa FC got a freekick which was hit by Davey Conlin. Dave De Bartolo hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. After 6 minutes, Patryk Ulmark mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the GG Team FC and the Zola Predosa FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Zola Predosa FC booed when GG Team FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patryk Ulmark didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Venancio Jauregui in the 7th minute of play forced GG Team FC's goalkeeper Fortunato Montini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. GG Team FC's Dave De Bartolo got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Josué Rego showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dave De Bartolo in the 15th minute of the match. Zola Predosa FC's Josué Rego proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Zola Predosa FC from getting a goal against them. Josué Rego made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hassan Marcou in the 19th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maciej Kaznocha in the 27th minute of play forced Zola Predosa FC's goalkeeper Josué Rego to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 29 minutes had been played when some careless play by Zola Predosa FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Maciej Kaznocha was slow to take the kick. During this time GG Team FC's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Alvise Cerrone almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Zola Predosa FC's Josué Rego did a great save. 29 minutes into the match, Alvise Cerrone dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Josué Rego, 2-0. A collision led to GG Team FC getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Patryk Ulmark hit a great ball. In the 32nd minute of the match Venancio Jauregui sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Fortunato Montini skillfully saved the ball. In the 34th minute the ball was on its way in behind Zola Predosa FC's goalkeeper Josué Rego, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Amedeo Piermattei in the 40th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Fortunato Montini prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 42 played minutes Zola Predosa FC got a freekick which was hit by Oscar Delabarre. Hassan Marcou could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 46th minute of the match, but Josué Rego made a huge save.

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. In the 52nd minute Hassan Marcou shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Josué Rego saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 57th minute, Fabio Marcantonio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Josué Rego made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bernardo Scandella in the 58th minute of play. Hugo Flecken charged in rather forcefully in the 60th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hugo Flecken the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Zola Predosa FC's Cosimo Sciamanna was substituted for Amedeo Piermattei. The audience was convinced that Hassan Marcou's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Josué Rego was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. GG Team FC's Fortunato Montini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cosimo Sciamanna in the 66th minute of play. With an all-out effort, Zola Predosa FC's Fortunato Montini threw himself towards the right post 69 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Oscar Delabarre, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After a defensive mix-up in GG Team FC's zone, Cosimo Sciamanna stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fortunato Montini came out of the goal and Cosimo Sciamanna tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 73rd minute, Dino Baggio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fortunato Montini stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cosimo Sciamanna's shot from short distance in the 74th minute. When the match had gone on for 74 minutes, Cosimo Sciamanna put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Fortunato Montini. Josué Rego showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dennis Man, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Fortunato Montini made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Hugo Flecken sent off a good shot on target. Zola Predosa FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Venancio Jauregui in the 84th minute. The corner led to Zola Predosa FC's Oscar Delabarre getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. If Hassan Marcou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dennis Man took the ball and in the 94 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Josué Rego. Josué Rego dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. GG Team FC had won after a very even match.