League

Baobab Stadium
Spectators: 9202 (Terracing: 6903, Seating: 2116, VIP seats: 183) Ravina's Alvaro Falcioni started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 2 played minutes Old BaoBaB Accademy got a freekick which was hit by Fiori Macedo. 5 minutes had been played when some careless play by Old BaoBaB Accademy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alvaro Falcioni was slow to take the kick. During this time Ravina's players had a chance to rest. Ravina's Beppe Sorge proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save Ravina from getting a goal against them. Zhang Hong Xun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Beppe Coccia in the 13th minute of the match. 16 minutes into the match, Ravina's goal looked a bit too open when Antonio Di Luca came free, but Beppe Sorge reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zhang Hong Xun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damiano Mannella in the 18th minute of play. 18 minutes into the match, Old BaoBaB Accademy's goal looked a bit too open when Damiano Mannella came free, but Zhang Hong Xun reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Old BaoBaB Accademy's Anfilogino Furia got a good chance for a goal in the 22nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Antonio Di Luca could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Beppe Sorge made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anfilogino Furia in the 34th minute of play forced Ravina's goalkeeper Beppe Sorge to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Attilio Melucci kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. Antonio Di Luca could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Beppe Sorge made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antonio Di Luca in the 44th minute of play forced Ravina's goalkeeper Beppe Sorge to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Old BaoBaB Accademy's Antonio Di Luca in the 45th minute got a chance for a shot 45th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ravina's goalie prevented a goal. After 46 minutes Ravina's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Robert Pirès who took care of the corner kick. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Antonio Di Luca to make the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Ravina's zone, Antonio Di Luca stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Beppe Sorge came out of the goal and Antonio Di Luca tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Beppe Sorge made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antonio Di Luca in the 53rd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Diego Catapano got free with Zhang Hong Xun in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 60th minute Anfilogino Furia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Beppe Sorge saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The corner ended in Fiori Macedo almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ravina's Beppe Sorge did a great save. Diego Catapano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Beppe Coccia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Zhang Hong Xun made an important save on a dangerous shot by Beppe Coccia in the 68th minute. Zhang Hong Xun was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Diego Catapano showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-2 in the 70 minute of play. Old BaoBaB Accademy made a substitution. Prince Queen replaced Robert Pirès. Old BaoBaB Accademy made a substitution. Emilio Buffone replaced Antonio Di Luca. After 81 minutes Ravina's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Junior Junel who took care of the corner kick. 88 minutes into the match, Emilio Buffone had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Beppe Sorge. Ravina's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Emilio Buffone was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Zhang Hong Xun made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Diego Catapano sent off a good shot on target. Ravina's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.