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Mambo Arena
Spectators: 8019 (Terracing: 6016, Seating: 1844, VIP seats: 159) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Zé Telo started the match with the kick off. Zé Telo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 2nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Armin Di Toma didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ciccio Alessandro went, in the 7th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 10th minute Elia Costacurta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fausto Di Giambattista saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Armin Di Toma took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ferruccio Valerio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Mambo FC booed when DESTROYER was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Danny Howarth didn't get a good kick on the ball. DESTROYER's Fausto Di Giambattista proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save DESTROYER from getting a goal against them. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Elia Costacurta in the 22nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fausto Di Giambattista saved DESTROYER from getting behind. A collision led to Mambo FC getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Alfredo Addario hit a great ball. Armin Di Toma made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ciccio Alessandro in the 27th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferruccio Valerio in the 28th minute of play forced Mambo FC's goalkeeper Armin Di Toma to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mambo FC's Armin Di Toma played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ferruccio Valerio in the 32nd minute of play. Armin Di Toma came out of the goal in the 34th minute to try and stop a shot by DESTROYER's Zé Telo. But to his dismay, Zé Telo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gaztea Mendez during the 36th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to DESTROYER getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Gaztea Mendez hit a great ball. Anselmo Baresi scored 0-3 in the 38th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Armin Di Toma, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The DESTROYER fans' excitement grew in the 42nd match minute when DESTROYER's Ciccio Alessandro looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. A collision led to Mambo FC getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Randy Lee hit a great ball. In the 48th minute Ciccio Alessandro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Armin Di Toma saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Elia Costacurta was the one to do the kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ferruccio Valerio in the 54th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Armin Di Toma prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 56 minutes into the match, Mambo FC's goalkeeper Armin Di Toma had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zé Telo. 57 minutes in the game Kazimierz Trzaskoma did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Ferruccio Valerio. After a rather tough play, DESTROYER's Kazimierz Trzaskoma got a free kick in the 59th minute. In the 60th minute Bruno Domina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fausto Di Giambattista saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 64th minute, Kazimierz Trzaskoma hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 66 minutes into the game, Elia Costacurta was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Mambo FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave DESTROYER the free kick. After a rather tough play, Mambo FC's Elia Costacurta got a free kick in the 66th minute. Mambo FC's Armin Di Toma proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save Mambo FC from getting a goal against them. 70 minutes into the match, Mambo FC's goalkeeper Armin Di Toma had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ciccio Alessandro. Francesco Salvi hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Armin Di Toma showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anselmo Baresi, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Fausto Di Giambattista showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elia Costacurta, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. With his leg Armin Di Toma managed to avoid a goal in the 76thth minute, when DESTROYER's Ciccio Alessandro fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. If Bruno Domina had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ferruccio Valerio took the ball and in the 78 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Armin Di Toma. Armin Di Toma dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. In the 81st minute, Ciccio Alessandro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Elia Costacurta came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the Mambo FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Elia Costacurta couldn't finish the play. In the 84th minute, DESTROYER's Zé Telo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-6. In the 87th minute, Zé Telo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Armin Di Toma was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-7. Fausto Di Giambattista stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Elia Costacurta's shot from short distance in the 90th minute. Zé Telo's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Armin Di Toma firmly grabbed it by the left post. After a rather tough play, DESTROYER's Danny Howarth got a free kick in the 95th minute. After 95 played minutes, Mambo FC's Francesco Salvi shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Fausto Di Giambattista came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Mambo FC reached it. Ciccio Alessandro hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. When the match was over DESTROYER could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Mambo FC throughout the match.