League

Stadio Candia
Spectators: 7371 (Terracing: 5529, Seating: 1695, VIP seats: 147) Candia's Donato Pellicciotta started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 5th minute Anthony Maggi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Blaithmeic Harkin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When FC Peroni's Anthony Maggi in 7 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Blaithmeic Harkin guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. The throw-in from Anthony Orlandi in the 12th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Candia's Cristiano Walcher. Anthony Maggi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Blaithmeic Harkin having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Anthony Maggi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Blaithmeic Harkin was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. A collision led to FC Peroni getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Donato Del Papa hit a great ball. In the 33rd minute of the match Anthony Orlandi sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Blaithmeic Harkin skillfully saved the ball. Blaithmeic Harkin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anthony Maggi, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Blaithmeic Harkin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anthony Maggi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 42nd minute, Fabrizio Maccioni ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Blaithmeic Harkin was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Anthony Maggi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Candia's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Fabrizio Maccioni fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Fabrizio Maccioni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Blaithmeic Harkin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to FC Peroni getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Ferdinando Fiorentino hit a great ball. After 64 minutes of play, FC Peroni's Fabrizio Maccioni made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Blaithmeic Harkin was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 67 played minutes FC Peroni's Fabrizio Maccioni stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Blaithmeic Harkin stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Candia of the goal. In the 70th minute Anthony Maggi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Blaithmeic Harkin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Donato Pellicciotta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Francesco Varglien having to interfere. Blaithmeic Harkin didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 77th minute, which inside left pole to 0-5. In the 82nd minute, Candia's Helmut Körner seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Helmut Körner the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Candia protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Helmut Körner had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After 82 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Candia! The goalkeeper, Blaithmeic Harkin, was totally fooled by FC Peroni's Edmondo Del Gatto, who 85 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. In the 89th minute, Fabrizio Maccioni ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Blaithmeic Harkin was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-7. In the 95th minute of the match Edmondo Del Gatto shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Blaithmeic Harkin showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Demetrio Astolfi charged in rather forcefully in the 98th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Demetrio Astolfi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 98 played minutes Candia got a freekick which was hit by Demetrio Astolfi.