U23 League

Gigi Riva
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Enrico Colella started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. With a little luck, Fiume Veneto's Aurelio Di Giuseppe got control of the ball when Fortunato Zara tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 5th minute, Verbano FC's Antonio Iob ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Aurelio Di Giuseppe. Aurelio Di Giuseppe yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Antonio Iob scored 3-0 in the 13th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aurelio Di Giuseppe, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Enrico Colella got free with Aurelio Di Giuseppe in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 21st minute, Antonio Iob fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Aurelio Di Giuseppe, passed just outside the right post. With his leg Aurelio Di Giuseppe managed to avoid a goal in the 21stth minute, when Verbano FC's Antonio Iob fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Aurelio Di Giuseppe didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Antonio Iob went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. Aurelio Di Giuseppe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fortunato Zara in the 26th minute of the match. Enrico Colella received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Aurelio Di Giuseppe came out and tried to block the shot, but Enrico Colella slotted it home off the left post making it 6-0 in the 27th minute. Augusto De Marco hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Fiume Veneto defense, Enrico Colella kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aurelio Di Giuseppe. The Fiume Veneto fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aurelio Di Giuseppe should have stopped the shot. In the 34th minute, Verbano FC's Enrico Colella dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 8-0. With a little luck, Fiume Veneto's Aurelio Di Giuseppe got control of the ball when Enrico Colella tried to sneak it across the goal line. Aurelio Di Giuseppe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antonio Iob, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Fiume Veneto defense, Antonio Iob kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aurelio Di Giuseppe. The Fiume Veneto fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aurelio Di Giuseppe should have stopped the shot. In the 43rd minute, Antonio Iob fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Aurelio Di Giuseppe, passed just outside the right post. After a rather tough play, Fiume Veneto's Emilio Esposito got a free kick in the 46th minute. Aurelio Di Giuseppe made a fantastic save in the 47th minute, when Enrico Colella sent off a good shot on target. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 9-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Enrico Cirone made a kick off. In the 50th match minute, Verbano FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Davide Zollino to maneuver through the defense. Aurelio Di Giuseppe came out of the goal in the 52nd minute to try and stop a shot by Verbano FC's Antonio Iob. But to his dismay, Antonio Iob quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 10-0. Fiume Veneto's Aurelio Di Giuseppe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Enrico Colella in the 57th minute of play. The Verbano FC fans' excitement grew in the 57th match minute when Verbano FC's Enrico Colella looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 11-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antonio Iob in the 60th minute of play forced Fiume Veneto's goalkeeper Aurelio Di Giuseppe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aurelio Di Giuseppe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Enrico Colella in the 61st minute of play. Aurelio Di Giuseppe came out of the goal in the 64th minute to try and stop a shot by Verbano FC's Antonio Iob. But to his dismay, Antonio Iob quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 12-0. After 67 minutes of play, Verbano FC's Antonio Iob made it 13-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aurelio Di Giuseppe was left in no man's land by his defense there! 69 minutes into the match, Antonio Iob had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aurelio Di Giuseppe. Fiume Veneto's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Antonio Iob was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 14-0. 73 minutes into the match, Enrico Colella had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aurelio Di Giuseppe. Fiume Veneto's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Enrico Colella was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 15-0. After 77 minutes of play, Verbano FC's Antonio Iob made it 16-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aurelio Di Giuseppe was left in no man's land by his defense there! Aurelio Di Giuseppe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Enrico Colella in the 80th minute of the match. Aurelio Di Giuseppe didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fortunato Zara went, in the 81st minute, to the upper right corner, 17-0 was the resulting score. Aurelio Di Giuseppe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antonio Iob in the 85th minute of the match. In the 90th minute, Fortunato Zara ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aurelio Di Giuseppe was frozen by the shot and now it was 19-0. 94 minutes into the match, Fiume Veneto's goal looked a bit too open when Davide Zollino came free, but Aurelio Di Giuseppe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aurelio Di Giuseppe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antonio Iob in the 96th minute of the match. When the referee ended the match the Verbano FC players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.