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San Piecoro
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) F.C. Parrots were furious when Alex Imperatrice was red carded, 3 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After 2 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for F.C. Parrots! Bianco Graziani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christian Zaccardi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 8 played minutes F.C. Parrots got a freekick which was hit by Andrea Marsilio. Bianco Graziani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alessio Ascoli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Felice Toschi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Concetto Garibaldi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 14th minute, Ennio De Nardis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bianco Graziani was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After 19 minutes, Ennio De Nardis made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. F.C. Parrots's Bianco Graziani tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christian Zaccardi in the 26th minute of play forced F.C. Parrots's goalkeeper Bianco Graziani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 28 minutes into the match, F.C. Parrots's goal looked a bit too open when Alessio Ascoli came free, but Bianco Graziani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Biagio Chiappini during the 34th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to F.C. Parrots getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Biagio Chiappini hit a great ball. After having played for 41 minutes, Biagio Chiappini managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. F.C. Parrots's supporters crossed their fingers, but Biagio Chiappini was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Alessio Ascoli sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The F.C. Parrots players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. XMAS were winning 0-3.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Biagio Chiappini to strike the kick off in the second half. Emanuele Michelini fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Concetto Garibaldi having to interfere. Concetto Garibaldi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Biagio Chiappini, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Biagio Chiappini scored 1-3 in the 57th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Concetto Garibaldi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Biagio Chiappini might have been able to make a better finish in the 60th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Concetto Garibaldi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Biagio Chiappini ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 62nd minute Emanuele Michelini shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Concetto Garibaldi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fabrizio Selvi kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. Ennio De Nardis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 73rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ennio De Nardis charged in rather forcefully in the 77th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ennio De Nardis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 77th match minute, XMAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ennio De Nardis to maneuver through the defense. If Emanuele Michelini had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 83 minutes into the game, Christian Zaccardi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Bianco Graziani was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ennio De Nardis in the 86th minute of play forced F.C. Parrots's goalkeeper Bianco Graziani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The F.C. Parrots supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching XMAS's performance. The match ended with a win for XMAS.