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Recco
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Emanuele Rotondi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nils-Åke Caspersson having to interfere. If Armando Pascucci had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A hard shot 8 in the game by Armando Pascucci from a close distance when the talented Nils-Åke Caspersson managed to make a qualified save. Gorla Maggiore FC's players were relieved. 9 minutes into the match, Arrigo Corleone notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Recco's Dave Martini. Dave Martini was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of Gorla Maggiore FC booed when Recco was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Achille Pomponio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Emanuele Rotondi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nils-Åke Caspersson having to interfere. A hard shot 25 in the game by Armando Pascucci from a close distance when the talented Nils-Åke Caspersson managed to make a qualified save. Gorla Maggiore FC's players were relieved. When Armando Pascucci came up free with the goalie in the 31st minute, the Recco 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 Armando Pascucci couldn't finish the play. Armando Pascucci received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Nils-Åke Caspersson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Armando Pascucci fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nils-Åke Caspersson having to interfere. Domingo Nicholas hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. 44 minutes in the game, Armando Pascucci fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Nils-Åke Caspersson having to interfere. Emanuele Rotondi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

After 54 minutes, Franco Muzzatti mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Recco and the Gorla Maggiore FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Gorla Maggiore FC booed when Recco was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Franco Muzzatti didn't get a good kick on the ball. A hard shot by Biagio Cinque from long distance, 55 minutes into the match, got Dave Martini's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. When the match had gone on for 58 minutes, Armando Pascucci put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Nils-Åke Caspersson. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Armando Pascucci in the 62nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nils-Åke Caspersson saved Gorla Maggiore FC from getting behind. After a defensive mix-up in Recco's zone, Arturo Iannucci stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dave Martini came out of the goal and Arturo Iannucci tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Armando Pascucci took the ball and in the 65 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nils-Åke Caspersson. Nils-Åke Caspersson dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. 68 minutes into the match, Recco's Emanuele Rotondi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nils-Åke Caspersson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Emanuele Rotondi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nils-Åke Caspersson was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. Armando Pascucci fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nils-Åke Caspersson having to interfere. In the 80th minute, Gorla Maggiore FC's Arrigo Corleone dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-2. The supporters of Recco booed when Gorla Maggiore FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Armin Burgnich didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Recco getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Biagio Formaggio hit a great ball. Nils-Åke Caspersson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Armando Pascucci in the 96th minute of the match. 98 minutes in the game, Armin Di Palma fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Dave Martini having to interfere.