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Focomorto
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Amedeo Benarrivo got the match started through his kick off. Damiano Pazienza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Emiliano Braccia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Rotta AFC's Florian Sammartino got a free kick in the 6th minute. Focomorto FC's Alvaro Massimini pulled a muscle in his leg after 14 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Antonio Fabri's late challenge caught a Focomorto FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Antonio Fabri helped the player get up and apologised. Fedele Oberrauch recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Fabrizio Ranalli scored 1-0 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Emiliano Braccia, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Anthony Giusto came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the Rotta AFC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Anthony Giusto couldn't finish the play. The audience was convinced that Amedeo Benarrivo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Andrea Di Bartolo was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. Andrea Di Bartolo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amedeo Benarrivo, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. A collision led to Rotta AFC getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Antonio Fabri hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Carlo Di Ruscio got free with Emiliano Braccia in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 37 minutes, Enrico Rulli mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Rotta AFC and the Focomorto FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Florian Sammartino hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Emiliano Braccia was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Damiano Pazienza showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 40 minute of play. In the 44th match minute, Rotta AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Florian Sammartino to maneuver through the defense. In the 45th minute, Damiano Pazienza 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. If Antonello Panella had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Antonello Panella to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fedele Oberrauch in the 52nd minute of play forced Rotta AFC's goalkeeper Emiliano Braccia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Antonello Panella sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Focomorto FC's Antonello Panella in the 56th minute got a chance for a shot 56th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Rotta AFC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 59th minute of the match, Anthony Giusto got a very nice opportunity to score, but Andrea Di Bartolo was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. If Antonello Panella had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Emiliano Braccia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dave Bordon in the 64th minute of the match. Damiano Pazienza hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Antonello Panella recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 74th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Fabrizio Ranalli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emiliano Braccia having to interfere. Focomorto FC made a substitution. Concetto Buffone replaced Cesare Antico. When the match clock showed 80 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Antonello Panella sped through Rotta AFC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Emiliano Braccia. In the 82nd match minute, Rotta AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anthony Giusto to maneuver through the defense. Emiliano Braccia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fedele Oberrauch, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Focomorto 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.