Friendly League

Paisley Road
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Elia Guidone started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, Roseburn Rovers's Colin Seaward got a free kick in the 2nd minute. US Fulminea's Domenico Orrore proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save US Fulminea from getting a goal against them. 12 minutes into the game, Bernardo Traini cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Lawrence Knowles was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Lawrence Knowles didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Elia Guidone went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. 19 minutes into the game, US Fulminea's Anselmo Savoia nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lawrence Knowles made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. After 22 minutes of play, US Fulminea's Elia Guidone made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lawrence Knowles was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 28th match minute, US Fulminea was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Francesco Nero to maneuver through the defense. Lawrence Knowles made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabio Prosperi in the 30th minute of play. In the 32nd match minute, Roseburn Rovers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Will Ellerton to maneuver through the defense. Anselmo Savoia scored 0-6 in the 35th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lawrence Knowles, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 39th minute Elia Guidone shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lawrence Knowles saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lawrence Knowles made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filippo De Lorenzi in the 41st minute of play. Lawrence Knowles showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anselmo Savoia, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. In the 47th minute, Filippo De Lorenzi got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-6 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Felix Ring was the one to do the kick off. Anselmo Savoia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lawrence Knowles having to interfere. Lawrence Knowles made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anselmo Savoia in the 53rd minute of play. A collision led to Roseburn Rovers getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Felix Ring hit a great ball. US Fulminea's Filippo De Lorenzi got a good chance for a goal in the 56th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Lawrence Knowles came out of the goal in the 57th minute to try and stop a shot by US Fulminea's Bernardo Traini. But to his dismay, Bernardo Traini quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-7. After 62 minutes of play Roseburn Rovers's Colin Seaward was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 62 played minutes Roseburn Rovers got a freekick which was hit by Colin Seaward. Lawrence Knowles showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bernardo Traini, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Filippo De Lorenzi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 76th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 84 minutes into the match, Concetto Brandini notched a goal, 0-10, to the right of Roseburn Rovers's Lawrence Knowles. Lawrence Knowles was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Lawrence Knowles made an important save on a dangerous shot by Filippo De Lorenzi in the 94th minute. In the 95th match minute, US Fulminea was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Elia Guidone to maneuver through the defense. US Fulminea played a much better game than Roseburn Rovers and deserved their victory. The Roseburn Rovers players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.