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Cruser
Spectators: 6737 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1697, VIP seats: 40) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alessandro Fiore started the match with the kick off. 9 minutes into the match, Fabio Di Florio dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ernesto Campo, 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fausto Pavia in the 12th minute of play forced Zebra Boys's goalkeeper Ernesto Campo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fabio Di Florio blasted a shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ernesto Campo having to make a save. Fausto Pavia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ernesto Campo having to interfere. In the 16th minute, Dino De Leonardis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ernesto Campo acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 17th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Fabio Di Florio. Ernesto Campo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fausto Pavia in the 18th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Cruser defense, Alessandro Fiore kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Enrico Petrocchi. The Cruser fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Enrico Petrocchi should have stopped the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fabio Di Florio in the 23rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ernesto Campo saved Zebra Boys from getting behind. The Cruser fans' excitement grew in the 25th match minute when Cruser's Carlo Buccella 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 2-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. With a little luck, Zebra Boys's Ernesto Campo got control of the ball when Franco Palone tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Fabio Di Florio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ernesto Campo was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. Carlo Buccella received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Ernesto Campo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Zebra Boys booed when Cruser was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Carlo Buccella didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cruser's Enrico Petrocchi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bruno Granata in the 48th minute of play.

With a little luck, Cruser's Enrico Petrocchi got control of the ball when Flavio Marinelli tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 55th minute, Cristoforo Alfonsi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fabio Di Florio blasted a shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ernesto Campo having to make a save. Ernesto Campo came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by Cruser's Fabio Di Florio. But to his dismay, Fabio Di Florio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. After a defensive mix-up in Zebra Boys's zone, Fabio Di Florio stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ernesto Campo came out of the goal and Fabio Di Florio tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 70 played minutes, Cruser's 姜枫泉 shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ernesto Campo 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 Cruser reached it. 76 minutes into the game, Cruser's Carlo Buccella nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ernesto Campo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. Ernesto Campo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fausto Pavia in the 82nd minute of the match. Fabio Di Florio might have been able to make a better finish in the 83rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ernesto Campo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Fabio Di Florio ran back to his position shaking his head. 86 minutes into the game, Corrado Pantalone was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Cruser's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Zebra Boys the free kick. Corrado Pantalone kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Zebra Boys's Alessandro Fiore slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Enrico Petrocchi. That made the score 4-2 after 89 minutes of play. Flavio Marinelli hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Cruser fully deserved thier win.