League

Fara Park
Spectators: 8483 (Terracing: 6364, Seating: 1950, VIP seats: 169) Farafulla FC's Ryan Portanares 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. Angelo Boni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Liang Cai in the 5th minute of the match. Liang Cai might have been able to make a better finish in the 7th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Angelo Boni. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Liang Cai ran back to his position shaking his head. Angelo Boni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Liang Cai, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Behçet Alp could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Ciro Moscatelli made a huge save. Acilia Town's Ciro Moscatelli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Behçet Alp in the 9th minute of play. In the 12th minute Behçet Alp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ciro Moscatelli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jorge Ramos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 17th minute of the match, Behçet Alp tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Ciro Moscatelli saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Aurelio Giampieri hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Ryan Portanares could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Ciro Moscatelli made a huge save. In the 23rdth minute of the game Liang Cai who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Farafulla FC's Angelo Boni was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 28 minutes into the game, Liang Cai cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Angelo Boni was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ciro Moscatelli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Behçet Alp in the 34th minute of the match. 35 minutes into the game, Behçet Alp cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Ciro Moscatelli was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Behçet Alp got free with Ciro Moscatelli in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ryan Portanares sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Farafulla FC getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Cosimo Aceto hit a great ball. Cosimo Aceto kicked well hit freekick during the 49th minute of the match. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Behçet Alp in the 54th minute of play forced Acilia Town's goalkeeper Ciro Moscatelli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Farafulla FC's Angelo Boni proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Farafulla FC from getting a goal against them. Acilia Town's Ciro Moscatelli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Behçet Alp in the 57th minute of play. Farafulla FC's Angelo Boni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Liang Cai in the 59th minute of play. Ciro Moscatelli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Behçet Alp in the 61st minute of play. Ovidiu Ciulei lost his temper 62 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Acilia Town fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 62nd minute. Penalty! The referee gave Farafulla FC a penalty, 64 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Andriy Shevchenko, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Acilia Town's Ciro Moscatelli. 2-1. Ciro Moscatelli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ryan Portanares, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ciro Moscatelli stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Behçet Alp's shot from short distance in the 85th minute. Ciro Moscatelli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Behçet Alp, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. A collision led to Acilia Town getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Liang Cai hit a great ball. Acilia Town made a substitution. Diego Garofalo replaced Franco Ucci. Alvaro Recoba came free in the 100th minute and tried to tip the ball over Angelo Boni, but to the joy of Farafulla FC's supporters the ball went over. For all the effort they put into the match, the Acilia Town players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Farafulla FC.