U18 League

Cacciola
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Claudio Diana took the kick off in the first half of the match. Daniele Del Duca charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Daniele Del Duca the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Daniele Del Duca hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Cacciola's Emiliano Capobianco was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 5th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. After a rather tough play, I ritirandi di Canaus's Ciro Colagrossi got a free kick in the 11th minute. Cacciola's Fortunato Garofoli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Claudio Diana in the 15th minute of play. 18 minutes into the game, Cacciola's Anfilogino Scrima nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bianco Roberto made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Fortunato Garofoli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Claudio Diana in the 23rd minute of play. In the 25th minute Claudio Diana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fortunato Garofoli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 27 played minutes I ritirandi di Canaus got a freekick which was hit by Corrado Negrini. Bianco Roberto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fausto Santangelo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A hard shot 31 in the game by Emiliano Capobianco from a close distance when the talented Bianco Roberto managed to make a qualified save. I ritirandi di Canaus's players were relieved. When Ciro De Cristofaro fell near the penalty area in the 42nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored I ritirandi di Canaus's protests and gave Ciro De Cristofaro a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, I ritirandi di Canaus's Ciro De Cristofaro got a free kick in the 42nd minute. In the 48th minute Claudio Diana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fortunato Garofoli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Emiliano Capobianco to make the kick off. Claudio Diana could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 53rd minute of the match, but Fortunato Garofoli made a huge save. If Claudio Diana had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 62nd minute, Aurelio Piccone hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 63 played minutes, I ritirandi di Canaus's Corrado Negrini shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Fortunato Garofoli came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in I ritirandi di Canaus reached it. Claudio Diana could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Fortunato Garofoli made a huge save. In the 67th minute, Claudio Diana made a precise shot to the right of Fortunato Garofoli. Cacciola's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-3. Alfonso Simeoni hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. After 79 minutes of play, Cacciola's Fausto Santangelo made it 4-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bianco Roberto was left in no man's land by his defense there! Eugenio Oriali hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. In the 85th minute, Aurelio Piccone hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cacciola's defense didn't have a chance, in the 87th minute, when Claudio Diana scored to the left of an out of position Fortunato Garofoli, making the score, 4-4. After a rather tough play, I ritirandi di Canaus's Alfonso Simeoni got a free kick in the 90th minute.