Friendly League

Artemio Franchi
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Felipe Saturnin started the match with the kick off. Burkhard Böcks short, quick shot in the 4thth minute got Blas Aritza to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Burkhard Böck took the ball and in the 5 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Blas Aritza. Blas Aritza dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Leonard Lamczyk might have been able to make a better finish in the 11th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Federico Kalinowski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Leonard Lamczyk ran back to his position shaking his head. With a little luck, La Acade's Blas Aritza got control of the ball when Bengt-Rune Fastesson tried to sneak it across the goal line. Federico Kalinowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felipe Saturnin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Blas Aritza was a little too slow when Bengt-Rune Fastesson got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 21st minute. The score was now 2-0. Federico Kalinowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Osvaldo Cantero, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. After 24 minutes of play, La Acade's Osvaldo Cantero made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Federico Kalinowski was left in no man's land by his defense there! Federico Kalinowski came out of the goal in the 27th minute to try and stop a shot by La Acade's Osvaldo Cantero. But to his dismay, Osvaldo Cantero quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Felipe Saturnin in the 30th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Federico Kalinowski saved ACF Fiorentina from getting behind. 31 minutes into the game, ACF Fiorentina's Hildeberto Carvalho nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Blas Aritza made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. 35 minutes into the match, ACF Fiorentina's goal looked a bit too open when Osvaldo Cantero came free, but Federico Kalinowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Federico Kalinowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felipe Saturnin in the 39th minute of play. Federico Kalinowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Osvaldo Cantero, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. David Abaurre made in the 42nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Felipe Saturnin however managed to control. In the 45th minute Felipe Saturnin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Federico Kalinowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. La Acade's Blas Aritza proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 46th minute of the match, managed to save La Acade from getting a goal against them. Federico Kalinowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felipe Saturnin in the 47th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-2 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Bengt-Rune Fastesson was the one to do the kick off. The supporters of ACF Fiorentina booed when La Acade was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. David Abaurre didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bengt-Rune Fastesson hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. ACF Fiorentina's Saturnino Michael was substituted for Hildeberto Carvalho. After a rather tough play, ACF Fiorentina's Bengt-Rune Fastesson got a free kick in the 57th minute. Osvaldo Cantero could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Federico Kalinowski made a huge save. Osvaldo Cantero's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 71stth minute, Federico Kalinowski skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After a defensive mix-up in ACF Fiorentina's zone, Osvaldo Cantero stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Federico Kalinowski came out of the goal and Osvaldo Cantero tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 75 minutes into the match, ACF Fiorentina's goalkeeper Federico Kalinowski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kip William. With a little luck, ACF Fiorentina's Federico Kalinowski got control of the ball when Osvaldo Cantero tried to sneak it across the goal line. A nice corner shot did that Teófilo Amaro got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Federico Kalinowski quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the last second Federico Kalinowski throw himself and got hold of the ball when Kip William in the 80thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Federico Kalinowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Osvaldo Cantero, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Osvaldo Cantero took the ball and in the 84 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Federico Kalinowski. Federico Kalinowski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-3. In the 88th minute of the match Teófilo Amaro shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Federico Kalinowski showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Federico Kalinowski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kip William's shot from short distance in the 91st minute. 93 minutes had been played when some careless play by La Acade's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Martin Vellito was slow to take the kick. During this time ACF Fiorentina's players had a chance to rest. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Maximino Cabezon got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 4-3. 94 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. ACF Fiorentina had won after a very even match.