U23 League

C.S. Comunale
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Anfilogino Traini started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After having played for 4 minutes, Tomasz Frankowski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. BRAL VAL's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tomasz Frankowski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Concetto Bani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomasz Frankowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. BRAL VAL's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dave Tagliente in the 8th minute. In the 14thth minute of the game Enrico Di Gennaro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but BRAL VAL's Alex Pavia was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Fortunato Pugliese hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. In the 27th match minute, Calenzano was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Armin Di Sipio to maneuver through the defense. Tomasz Frankowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Alex Pavia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Enrico Di Gennaro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alex Pavia made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fortunato Pugliese in the 34th minute. After 35 minutes BRAL VAL's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Antonio Gizzi who took care of the corner kick. Ciccio Maldini kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Ziemowit Wnukowski scored 0-1 in the 51st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Concetto Bani, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Alex Pavia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Enrico Di Gennaro in the 65th minute of play. Ziemowit Wnukowski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Concetto Bani having to interfere. 70 minutes had been played when some careless play by BRAL VAL's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Antonio Gizzi was slow to take the kick. During this time Calenzano's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Antonio Gizzi got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Alex Pavia quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 73 minutes into the match, Enrico Di Gennaro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alex Pavia. BRAL VAL's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Enrico Di Gennaro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Alex Pavia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anfilogino Traini in the 76th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Calenzano's Aldo Abete got a free kick in the 82nd minute. The supporters of BRAL VAL booed when Calenzano was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fortunato Pugliese didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 95th minute, Dario Porcu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 96th minute Ziemowit Wnukowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Concetto Bani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. BRAL VAL's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.