Acilia Arena
Spectators: 165 (Terracing: 124,
Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Anfilogino Gaeta made the kick off which started today's match. In the 5th minute, Amedeo Mazza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Acilia Town's Bernardo Alleva got a free kick in the 7th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Acilia Town's zone, Antonello Molinari stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Damiano Castagna came out of the goal and Antonello Molinari tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ciro Biondi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Damiano Castagna having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ciro Biondi in the 11th minute of play forced Acilia Town's goalkeeper Damiano Castagna to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Augusto Marini received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Damiano Castagna tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 16thth minute of the game Anfilogino Gaeta who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Acilia Town's Damiano Castagna was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 23rd minute, Anthony Di Toro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 24thth minute of the game Anfilogino Gaeta who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Acilia Town's Damiano Castagna was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After having played for 25 minutes, Fabiano Antonangeli managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Squadra de Pippe's supporters crossed their fingers, but Fabiano Antonangeli was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Damiano Castagna showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anfilogino Gaeta in the 27th minute of the match. Damiano Castagna showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ciro Biondi in the 29th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Anfilogino Gaeta in the 30th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Damiano Castagna prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ciro Biondi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Damiano Castagna having to interfere. If Ciro Biondi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Scofield Volante made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amedeo Mazza in the 42nd minute of play. 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 1-0.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Armando Villa stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ciro Biondi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Damiano Castagna tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Anfilogino Gaeta's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Damiano Castagna was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. After 62 played minutes Squadra de Pippe got a freekick which was hit by Augusto Marini. 63 minutes into the match, Squadra de Pippe's goal looked a bit too open when Eugenio Marsilio came free, but Scofield Volante reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabio Baruffa in the 69th minute of play forced Squadra de Pippe's goalkeeper Scofield Volante to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eugenio Marsilio in the 72nd minute of play forced Squadra de Pippe's goalkeeper Scofield Volante to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 73rd minute, Ciro Biondi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 75 minutes into the game, Fabio Baruffa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Scofield Volante was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Acilia Town's defense didn't have a chance, in the 78th minute, when Augusto Marini scored to the left of an out of position Damiano Castagna, making the score, 2-1. After a defensive mix-up in Acilia Town's zone, Augusto Marini stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Damiano Castagna came out of the goal and Augusto Marini tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 84 played minutes Acilia Town got a freekick which was hit by Anthony Di Toro. After 85 minutes, Enrico De Lorenzi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Acilia Town and the Squadra de Pippe players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 85th minute, Enrico De Lorenzi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Acilia Town booed when Squadra de Pippe was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anfilogino Gaeta didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 93rd minute Armando Villa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Scofield Volante saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Squadra de Pippe's Dennis Lombardi got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Squadra de Pippe's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.
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