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Spectators: 7840 (Terracing: 5830, Seating: 1850, VIP seats: 160) Bruno Placidi made the kick off and thus started the match. Bruno Placidi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ercole Trombetta read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 5th minute of play. After some careless play in the Grugliasco defense, Javier Villarreal kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ercole Trombetta. The Grugliasco fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ercole Trombetta should have stopped the shot. 12 minutes into the match, Bruno Placidi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ercole Trombetta. Grugliasco's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bruno Placidi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. In the 17th minute, Alberigo Verna hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Didi Fanfarone showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Achille Palone in the 24th minute of the match. Grugliasco's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Achille Palone in the 25th minute. In the 27th minute, Stratos Papandreou hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Grugliasco's Ercole Trombetta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bruno Placidi in the 37th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Achille Palone's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Didi Fanfarone was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. eraclea's Bruno Placidi got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Achille Palone might have been able to make a better finish in the 46th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Didi Fanfarone. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Achille Palone ran back to his position shaking his head. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Achille Palone to strike the kick off in the second half. Ercole Trombetta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bruno Placidi, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Anthony De Marco hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. A collision led to Grugliasco getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Alberigo Verna hit a great ball. Javier Villarreal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Ercole Trombetta tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Didi Fanfarone took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fabrizio Visintin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fabrizio Visintin scored 4-1 in the 71st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Didi Fanfarone, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Grugliasco's Alessio Di Cicco was substituted for Mariano Osorio. Ercole Trombetta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bruno Placidi, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. eraclea's Didi Fanfarone proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save eraclea from getting a goal against them. Grugliasco made a substitution. Eneto Bajo replaced Achille Palone. In the 83rd minute of the match Grugliasco got a corner. eraclea's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Felipe Quinteros ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Alessio Di Cicco got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Didi Fanfarone quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a rather tough play, Grugliasco's Alberigo Verna got a free kick in the 85th minute. Didi Fanfarone was a little too slow when Fabrizio Visintin got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 91st minute. The score was now 4-2. Biagio Pavlu hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. Felipe Quinteros took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 96th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Didi Fanfarone. eraclea's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. eraclea's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.