U23 League

Stadio Arnaccio
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Camillo Travaglini started the match with the kick off. Camillo Travaglini struck a weak shot in the 4th minute. Filippo Antenucci didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Schuster. In the 5th minute Alessandro Carbonetti shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Filippo Di Girolamo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stintino FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Enrico Gervasi in the 7th minute. Filippo Di Girolamo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudio Atroce in the 9th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Camillo Travaglini's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Filippo Antenucci was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Emanuele Orlandi lost his temper 13 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After a rather tough play, Schuster's Emanuele Orlandi got a free kick in the 14th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christian Ruscitti in the 16th minute of play forced Schuster's goalkeeper Filippo Di Girolamo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 21st match minute, Schuster was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edmondo Stella to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 22 minutes, Eraldo Iacovacci put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Filippo Di Girolamo. After 26 minutes, Enrico Gervasi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Stintino FC and the Schuster players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Stintino FC getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Enrico Gervasi hit a great ball. The supporters of Stintino FC booed when Schuster was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dino Marchetti didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 31st minute, Alfredo Del Gatto left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Stintino FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. In the 36th minute, Alfredo Del Gatto left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Stintino FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. 43 minutes into the game, Stintino FC's Eraldo Iacovacci nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Filippo Di Girolamo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Schuster's Filippo Di Girolamo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christian Ruscitti in the 47th minute of play. The Schuster players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Stintino FC were winning 0-4.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Eraldo Iacovacci stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Alfredo Del Gatto struck a weak shot in the 52nd minute. Filippo Di Girolamo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Stintino FC. In the 55th minute Eraldo Iacovacci shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Filippo Di Girolamo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eraldo Iacovacci struck a weak shot in the 56th minute. Filippo Di Girolamo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Stintino FC. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eraldo Iacovacci got free with Filippo Di Girolamo in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 62nd minute, Christian Ruscitti managed to get in a good position for a shot. Stintino FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Christian Ruscitti was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Filippo Di Girolamo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, Stintino FC's Francesco Nelli got a free kick in the 66th minute. A collision led to Schuster getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Camillo Travaglini hit a great ball. After 70 played minutes Stintino FC got a freekick which was hit by Christian Ruscitti. Eraldo Iacovacci kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. Filippo Di Girolamo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eraldo Iacovacci in the 83rd minute of play.