Friendly League

STADIO DELLA ROMA
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. Witomir Zuraw started the match with the kick off. Aragorn's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Fedele Moretti in the 7th minute. A nice corner shot did that Fedele Moretti got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Alvaro Pardini quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 13th minute Armando Ceresoli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andrés Casado saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Witomir Zuraw in the 15th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alvaro Pardini saved Foot Ball Club di Roma from getting behind. 17 minutes had been played when some careless play by Foot Ball Club di Roma's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Fedele Moretti was slow to take the kick. During this time Aragorn's players had a chance to rest. Fedele Moretti made a great header on Aragorn's corner, it was just that Foot Ball Club di Roma's Alvaro Pardini managed to reach the ball for a save. 23 minutes into the match, Witomir Zuraw notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Foot Ball Club di Roma's Alvaro Pardini. Alvaro Pardini was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Foot Ball Club di Roma's Armando Ceresoli in the 25th minute got a chance for a shot 25th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Aragorn's goalie prevented a goal. Foot Ball Club di Roma were awarded a corner in the 27th minute after Aragorn's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Aurelio Vinciguerra took the corner. The audience was convinced that Witomir Zuraw's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alvaro Pardini was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. Aragorn's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Fedele Moretti in the 31st minute. Fedele Moretti made a great header on Aragorn's corner, it was just that Foot Ball Club di Roma's Alvaro Pardini managed to reach the ball for a save. 34 minutes into the match, Foot Ball Club di Roma's goal looked a bit too open when Witomir Zuraw came free, but Alvaro Pardini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alvaro Pardini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Witomir Zuraw, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Andrés Casado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Armando Ceresoli, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. After 39 minutes of play, Aragorn's Witomir Zuraw made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alvaro Pardini was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Aragorn's Fedele Moretti got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Witomir Zuraw's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Alvaro Pardini read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 44th minute of play. 46 minutes into the game, Gianluca Mancini threw the ball into play from the sideline. Aragorn's Christiano Mangueira quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. The audience was convinced that Witomir Zuraw's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alvaro Pardini was relentless in the 47th minute of the game. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Aragorn's Andrés Casado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Biagio Scoca in the 51st minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Witomir Zuraw in the 53rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Alvaro Pardini prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 54th minute of the match, Witomir Zuraw tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Alvaro Pardini saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After 56 played minutes Foot Ball Club di Roma got a freekick which was hit by Armando Ceresoli. Tony Stark hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Biagio Scoca in the 60th minute of play forced Aragorn's goalkeeper Andrés Casado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Aragorn's Christiano Mangueira got a free kick in the 63rd minute. In the 65th minute the ball was on its way in behind Foot Ball Club di Roma's goalkeeper Alvaro Pardini, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Aurelio Vinciguerra made in the 66th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Niccolo Zaniolo immediately put the ball in play. If Armando Ceresoli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Niccolo Zaniolo in the 71st minute of play forced Aragorn's goalkeeper Andrés Casado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Armando Ceresoli received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Andrés Casado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Witomir Zuraw received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Alvaro Pardini came out and tried to block the shot, but Witomir Zuraw slotted it home off the left post making it 0-3 in the 76th minute. Biagio Scoca received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Andrés Casado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aragorn's Andrés Casado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Armando Ceresoli in the 85th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Armando Ceresoli in the 88th minute of play forced Aragorn's goalkeeper Andrés Casado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Foot Ball Club di Roma's Alvaro Pardini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Witomir Zuraw in the 91st minute of play. In the 93rd minute, Witomir Zuraw reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Alvaro Pardini. The goal made the score 0-4.