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C.S. Comunale
Spectators: 10850 (Terracing: 8139, Seating: 2495, VIP seats: 216) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alvaro Sforza got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to AC Roma getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Ernesto Errolan hit a great ball. In the 5th minute Federico Tedeschi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristoforo Brillante saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 7th minute of the match Calenzano got a corner. AC Roma's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Antonello Di Toma ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Calenzano's Antonello Di Toma to fire away a dangerous shot which Cristoforo Brillante despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Cristoforo Brillante showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alfred Olsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. When Alfred Olsson came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the Calenzano 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 Alfred Olsson couldn't finish the play. In the 13th minute Alvaro Sforza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Donato Balestra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fatbardh Malko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alfred Olsson got free with Cristoforo Brillante in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With his leg Cristoforo Brillante managed to avoid a goal in the 17thth minute, when Calenzano's Alfred Olsson fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 21st match minute, Calenzano was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fedele Alessandrini to maneuver through the defense. In the 26th match minute, Calenzano was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Achille Sciamanna to maneuver through the defense. Donato Balestra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Javier Della Francesca in the 27th minute of the match. In the 30thth minute of the game Alvaro Sforza who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Calenzano's Donato Balestra was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 34th minute, Alvaro Sforza ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Donato Balestra was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Alfred Olsson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Cristoforo Brillante made a huge save. Cristoforo Brillante made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfred Olsson in the 41st minute of play. If Javier Della Francesca had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 44th minute, Angelo Donati hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cristoforo Brillante showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfred Olsson in the 45th minute of the match.

Cristoforo Brillante showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Federico Tedeschi in the 65th minute of the match. Cristoforo Brillante made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Federico Tedeschi in the 67th minute of play. Federico Tedeschi took the ball and in the 68 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cristoforo Brillante. Cristoforo Brillante dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Calenzano made a substitution. Comunardo Chizzo replaced Ennio Daniele. Calenzano's Arturo Di Matteo was substituted for Alfred Olsson. Calenzano made a substitution. Yaniusky Pardo replaced Alessio Santini. The audience was convinced that Arturo Di Matteo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cristoforo Brillante was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. Cristoforo Brillante took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yaniusky Pardo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 79th minute of the match Calenzano got a corner. AC Roma's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Antonello Di Toma ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Achille Sciamanna almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but AC Roma's Cristoforo Brillante did a great save. In the 88th minute Calenzano were awarded a corner. Antonello Di Toma went to the cornerflag to take it. Donato Balestra made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Alvaro Sforza sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arturo Di Matteo in the 94th minute of play forced AC Roma's goalkeeper Cristoforo Brillante to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Javier Della Francesca in the 96th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Donato Balestra saved Calenzano from getting behind. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Calenzano fans cheered their team off the field, for while AC Roma had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.