League

OldHighbury
Spectators: 7984 (Terracing: 5989, Seating: 1836, VIP seats: 159) Hasan Hüseyin Taycan made the kick off and thus started the match. Flavio Scafati 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 3rd minute. Ciccio Presutti kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. After having played for 16 minutes, Alberigo Luongo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U.S. Vapriese's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alberigo Luongo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Hasan Hüseyin Taycan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Flavio Scafati made a huge save. Flavio Scafati showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hasan Hüseyin Taycan in the 24th minute of the match. The supporters of U.S. Vapriese booed when OldHighburyInvincibles was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gernando Saldanha didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cristoforo De Paolis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Donato Carosella tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bedřich Takáč kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. After 43 minutes, Ciccio Presutti mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the OldHighburyInvincibles and the U.S. Vapriese players grew even worse after the yellow card. Alberigo Luongo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Alberigo Luongo made a kick off. In the 53rd minute, Hasan Hüseyin Taycan got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Hasan Hüseyin Taycan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Flavio Scafati having to interfere. In the 57th minute the ball was on its way in behind OldHighburyInvincibles's goalkeeper Donato Carosella, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet as Fulvio Ruggieri kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Donato Carosella. That made the score 0-1 in the 61 minute of play. Gernando Saldanha's late challenge caught a U.S. Vapriese's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gernando Saldanha helped the player get up and apologised. Gernando Saldanha kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. In the 70th minute Fulvio Ruggieri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Donato Carosella saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 73 minutes into the match, Fausto Lucchetti had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Flavio Scafati. U.S. Vapriese's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fausto Lucchetti was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Ermanno Ubriaco kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 81 minutes, Fulvio Ruggieri took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Donato Carosella to make any attempt to save it. The supporters of U.S. Vapriese booed when OldHighburyInvincibles was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Feliks Sikola didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fulvio Ruggieri's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 89thth minute, Donato Carosella skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. U.S. Vapriese'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.