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OldHighbury
Spectators: 8022 (Terracing: 6018, Seating: 1845, VIP seats: 159) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Antonio Pedroni kicked off to start the match. Donato Carosella showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Artur Zdrojewski, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. After some careless play in the OldHighburyInvincibles defense, Artur Zdrojewski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Donato Carosella. The OldHighburyInvincibles fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Donato Carosella should have stopped the shot. Ciro Della Rocca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hasan Hüseyin Taycan, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Donato Carosella came out of the goal in the 11th minute to try and stop a shot by Casalecchio AFC's Artur Zdrojewski. But to his dismay, Artur Zdrojewski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Donato Carosella showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antonio Pedroni in the 14th minute of the match. In the 20th minute, Artur Zdrojewski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Casalecchio AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Donato Carosella showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Artur Zdrojewski, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Donato Carosella didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Artur Zdrojewski went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. After 31 minutes, Roman Raucher made it 0-5 with a short kick to the right side. OldHighburyInvincibles's Donato Carosella tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Mikhail Buzov took the ball and in the 38 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Donato Carosella. Donato Carosella dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-7. 42 minutes into the match, OldHighburyInvincibles's Fausto Lucchetti sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ciro Della Rocca narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Donato Carosella took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antonio Pedroni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 46th minute, Antonio Pedroni ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Donato Carosella was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-8.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hasan Hüseyin Taycan stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The referee felt a red card was in order, 55 minutes into the game, when Brian Nava put in a rough tackle. After a rather tough play, Casalecchio AFC's Bianco Aquilino got a free kick in the 61st minute. OldHighburyInvincibles made a substitution. Aloísio Lima replaced Ciccio Presutti. In the 62nd minute, Bianco Aquilino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ciro Della Rocca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hasan Hüseyin Taycan in the 63rd minute of play. 65 minutes into the match, Cosimo Di Tullio had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Donato Carosella. OldHighburyInvincibles's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cosimo Di Tullio was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-10. OldHighburyInvincibles's Donato Carosella played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Artur Zdrojewski in the 70th minute of play. Donato Carosella made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roman Raucher in the 74th minute of play. Aloísio Lima fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ciro Della Rocca having to interfere. In the 80th minute Hasan Hüseyin Taycan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ciro Della Rocca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Freddy Pedros kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. An unexpected shot in the 84th minute by Antonio Pedroni got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Donato Carosella was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Roman Raucher showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-11 in the 85 minute of play. Antonio Pedroni succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-12 in the 88th playminute. After a rather tough play, OldHighburyInvincibles's Stan Mäder got a free kick in the 94th minute. The OldHighburyInvincibles fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Casalecchio AFC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.