Friendly League

Eugenio Carlucci
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Erwin Jadamowitz got the match started through his kick off. Ezequiel Leizarraga received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Liu Xing Qiang tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 16th minute Andrea Tofani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Liu Xing Qiang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Andrea Tofani recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 19th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Adalberto Ortiz got a throw-in 21 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Serafim Malta. Liu Xing Qiang showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andrea Tofani, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. 28 minutes into the match, I ritirandi di Canaus's Andrea Tofani sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Liu Xing Qiang narrowly saved just below the crossbar. With a little luck, I ritirandi di Canaus's Alexsandro Godoi got control of the ball when Francesco Coscia tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ezequiel Leizarraga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 35 minutes into the game, Andrea Tofani cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Liu Xing Qiang was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With his leg Alexsandro Godoi managed to avoid a goal in the 38thth minute, when Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC's Francesco Coscia fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 39 minutes I ritirandi di Canaus's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Quique Branca who took care of the corner kick. When I ritirandi di Canaus's Andrea Tofani in the 42nd minute got a chance for a shot 42nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC's goalie prevented a goal. 43 minutes into the match, Andrea Tofani had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Liu Xing Qiang. Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Andrea Tofani was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Serafim Malta in the 47th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Alexsandro Godoi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After the first half I ritirandi di Canaus were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Andrea Tofani to strike the kick off in the second half. The supporters of I ritirandi di Canaus booed when Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adalberto Ortiz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Andrea Tofani's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Liu Xing Qiang read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 62nd minute of play. 65 minutes into the match, I ritirandi di Canaus's goal looked a bit too open when Francesco Coscia came free, but Alexsandro Godoi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alexsandro Godoi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Serafim Malta in the 66th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Francesco Coscia in the 69th minute of play forced I ritirandi di Canaus's goalkeeper Alexsandro Godoi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Andrea Tofani received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Liu Xing Qiang came out and tried to block the shot, but Andrea Tofani slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 73rd minute. I ritirandi di Canaus's Gustavo-Hernán Cabezudo was substituted for Andrea Tofani. Liu Xing Qiang didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gustavo-Hernán Cabezudo went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC made a substitution. Aldo Maiorano replaced Quique Branca. Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC's Christian Bulla was substituted for Valeriu Stoicescu. Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC's Didier Skarsø was substituted for Erwin Jadamowitz. An unexpected shot in the 89th minute by Gustavo-Hernán Cabezudo got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Alexsandro Godoi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Francesco Coscia in the 91st minute of the match. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched I ritirandi di Canaus eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.