League

Barboni Fc
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Armando Savini got the match started through his kick off. Eraldo Arioli charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eraldo Arioli the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Jolly Team's Eraldo Arioli got a free kick in the 4th minute. Domenico Sorge received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Aurelio Sabatino tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Diego Prato's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aurelio Sabatino was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. Aurelio Sabatino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Domenico Sorge in the 11th minute of play. Aurelio Sabatino made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ferruccio Di Lullo in the 12th minute. 13 minutes into the match, Ferruccio Di Lullo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aurelio Sabatino. Jolly Team's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ferruccio Di Lullo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Arrigo Guerrini kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. Ferruccio Di Lullo kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Jolly Team's defense didn't have a chance, in the 26th minute, when Domenico Sorge scored to the left of an out of position Aurelio Sabatino, making the score, 2-0. Ferruccio Di Lullo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Aurelio Sabatino having to make a save. Aurelio Sabatino made a fantastic save in the 43rd minute, when Ferruccio Di Lullo sent off a good shot on target. Domenico Festuccia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filippo Cesareo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ferruccio Di Lullo made a kick off. After 52 minutes of play, Barboni Fc's Ferruccio Di Lullo made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aurelio Sabatino was left in no man's land by his defense there! 56 minutes into the match, Ferruccio Di Lullo notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Jolly Team's Aurelio Sabatino. Aurelio Sabatino was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 67th match minute, Jolly Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diego Masci to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Jolly Team's zone, Domenico Sorge stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aurelio Sabatino came out of the goal and Domenico Sorge tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Domenico Festuccia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Armando Savini in the 73rd minute of play. Ferruccio Di Lullo scored 6-0 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aurelio Sabatino, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Domenico Festuccia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Armando Savini, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Ferruccio Di Lullo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Aurelio Sabatino tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 87th minute Armando Savini shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Domenico Festuccia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 91st match minute, Jolly Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diego Masci to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Barboni Fc booed when Jolly Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Filippo Cesareo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Barboni Fc's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.