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YEREVAN
Spectators: 6694 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1694, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alfonso Giacchetti got the match started through his kick off. Enrico Ferreri recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 8th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. It seemed to be an obvious goal in the 11th minute, but James Tiberio got his fingers on the ball or the save, leaving Atlethic Bilbale hanging dry this time. After having played for 14 minutes, Alexander Martelli managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Atlethic Bilbale's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alexander Martelli was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ciccio Del Monte took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberigo Pozzoli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 20 minutes, Emilio Piccinini mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ARMENIA and the Atlethic Bilbale players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to ARMENIA getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Emilio Piccinini hit a great ball. Alexander Martelli blasted a shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ciccio Del Monte having to make a save. 24 minutes into the match, Bianco Papa notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of ARMENIA's Ciccio Del Monte. Ciccio Del Monte was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Alexander Martelli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ciccio Del Monte having to interfere. 30 minutes into the match, Bianco Papa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ciccio Del Monte. ARMENIA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bianco Papa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After 34 minutes of play, Atlethic Bilbale's Alexander Martelli made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ciccio Del Monte was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of Atlethic Bilbale booed when ARMENIA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fausto Iachini didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alfonso Giacchetti received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Ciccio Del Monte tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bianco Papa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Ciccio Del Monte tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Alfonso Giacchetti had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Enrico Ferreri to make the kick off. If Alfonso Giacchetti had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ciccio Del Monte stood somewhat misplaced when Alfonso Giacchetti came free in front of goal and shot 0-4 to the left of him in the 56 minute. Flavio Aquilino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. James Tiberio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alexander Martelli got free with Ciccio Del Monte in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 75 minutes into the match, Atlethic Bilbale's Alexander Martelli sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ciccio Del Monte narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ciccio Del Monte took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bianco Papa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 79th minute, Alexander Martelli ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ciccio Del Monte was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. Alfonso Giacchetti's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 82ndth minute, Ciccio Del Monte skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. A collision led to ARMENIA getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Augusto Antognoni hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Alfonso Giacchetti's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ciccio Del Monte was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. Bianco Papa might have been able to make a better finish in the 89th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ciccio Del Monte. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bianco Papa ran back to his position shaking his head. Ciccio Del Monte stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alfonso Giacchetti's shot from short distance in the 91st minute. When the match was over Atlethic Bilbale could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than ARMENIA throughout the match.