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Spectators: 7990 (Terracing: 5994, Seating: 1837, VIP seats: 159) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Corrado Riccitelli took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 7thth minute of the game Florent Guilmin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but XMAS's Dennis Urbani was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Angelo Pallotta kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Florent Guilmin in the 16th minute of play forced XMAS's goalkeeper Dennis Urbani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 26th match minute, Sacconago was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Florent Guilmin to maneuver through the defense. Angelo Pallotta struck a weak shot in the 27th minute. Radowit Gongola didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for XMAS. Dennis Urbani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Corrado Riccitelli in the 32nd minute of play. Fabio Albanesi kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. Dennis Urbani stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Florent Guilmin's shot from short distance in the 37th minute. A collision led to Sacconago getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Corrado Riccitelli hit a great ball. Corrado Riccitelli scored 0-3 in the 44th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dennis Urbani, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Enzo Alfonsi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Radowit Gongola was relentless in the 47th minute of the game. The XMAS players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Sacconago were winning 0-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Enzo Alfonsi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Sacconago's Florent Guilmin in the 57th minute got a chance for a shot 57th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye XMAS's goalie prevented a goal. Dennis Urbani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Florent Guilmin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Fabio Albanesi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Enzo Alfonsi in the 69th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Radowit Gongola saved Sacconago from getting behind. 72 minutes into the match, Sacconago's goal looked a bit too open when Enzo Alfonsi came free, but Radowit Gongola reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With his leg Dennis Urbani managed to avoid a goal in the 77thth minute, when Sacconago's Corrado Riccitelli fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 82 minutes into the match, Florent Guilmin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dennis Urbani. XMAS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Florent Guilmin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. The audience was convinced that Florent Guilmin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dennis Urbani was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. In the 89th minute, Florent Guilmin reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Dennis Urbani. The goal made the score 0-7. When the match had gone on for 95 minutes, Corrado Riccitelli took a quick shot and it went in 0-8 without a chance for Dennis Urbani to make any attempt to save it. Sacconago'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.