Friendly League

Rodrigo Braña
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Gerry Scotti kicked off to start the match. In the 2nd minute, Biagio Sivieri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ascacibar-Pérez's Haroldo Lartaun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alvise Di Berardino in the 4th minute of play. Haroldo Lartaun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Biagio Sivieri in the 8th minute of play. 9 minutes into the match, Ascacibar-Pérez's goal looked a bit too open when Alvise Di Berardino came free, but Haroldo Lartaun reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 17th minute Angelo Rito shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alex Ruggeri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Haroldo Lartaun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emiliano Cesaroni in the 19th minute of the match. Alex Ruggeri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Angelo Rito, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Emiliano Cesaroni fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Haroldo Lartaun having to interfere. When Emiliano Cesaroni fell near the penalty area in the 24th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored PowerHawKings's protests and gave Emiliano Cesaroni a yellow card for diving instead. Emiliano Cesaroni kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. Nereo Maties sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 30th minute, Biagio Sivieri ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Haroldo Lartaun was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Alex Ruggeri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nereo Maties in the 34th minute of the match. In the 36th minute, Nereo Maties got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 39 minutes of play, PowerHawKings's Alvise Di Berardino made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Haroldo Lartaun was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Alvise Di Berardino in the 42nd minute of play forced Ascacibar-Pérez's goalkeeper Haroldo Lartaun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alex Ruggeri stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nereo Maties's shot from short distance in the 45th minute. Haroldo Lartaun showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Biagio Sivieri, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Angelo Rito stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Alvise Di Berardino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Haroldo Lartaun tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 55th minute, Gerry Scotti ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Haroldo Lartaun was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. 62 minutes into the match, Ascacibar-Pérez's goalkeeper Haroldo Lartaun had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Biagio Sivieri. The crowd rose to their feet as PowerHawKings's Gerry Scotti slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Haroldo Lartaun. That made the score 0-5 after 67 minutes of play. Alessio Fiordelisi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Haroldo Lartaun having to interfere. Haroldo Lartaun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Biagio Sivieri in the 76th minute of the match. Ascacibar-Pérez's Haroldo Lartaun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alvise Di Berardino in the 77th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alvise Di Berardino in the 82nd minute of play forced Ascacibar-Pérez's goalkeeper Haroldo Lartaun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Haroldo Lartaun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Biagio Sivieri in the 86th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in PowerHawKings's zone, Nereo Maties stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alex Ruggeri came out of the goal and Nereo Maties tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Haroldo Lartaun didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gerry Scotti went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. When Emiliano Cesaroni came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the PowerHawKings fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Emiliano Cesaroni couldn't finish the play. PowerHawKings's Alex Ruggeri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Angelo Rito in the 96th minute of play. PowerHawKings's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.