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Stadio Varlungo
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Costică Iorgovan got the match started through his kick off. Elia Giorgi's late challenge caught a Club Sportiv Scolar's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Elia Giorgi helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Varlungo AFC getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Elia Giorgi hit a great ball. Arrigo Matteucci made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Petru Grindeanu in the 9th minute of play. After 11 minutes of play Varlungo AFC's Elia Giorgi 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. A collision led to Varlungo AFC getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Elia Giorgi hit a great ball. When Club Sportiv Scolar's Costică Iorgovan in the 12th minute got a chance for a shot 12th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Varlungo AFC's goalie prevented a goal. After 14 minutes, Christian Selvaggi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Varlungo AFC and the Club Sportiv Scolar players grew even worse after the yellow card. Christian Selvaggi kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. 17 minutes into the match, Alessandro Mattei notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Club Sportiv Scolar's Doru Vădan. Doru Vădan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Claudio Prato came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the Varlungo AFC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Claudio Prato couldn't finish the play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Eusebiu Abraham during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Eusebiu Abraham hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Alessandro Mattei's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Doru Vădan firmly grabbed it by the left post. Doru Vădan made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Alessandro Mattei sent off a good shot on target. In the 28th match minute, Club Sportiv Scolar was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andrei Purcărete to maneuver through the defense. In the 30th minute Christian Selvaggi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Doru Vădan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Club Sportiv Scolar's Doru Vădan got control of the ball when Alessandro Mattei tried to sneak it across the goal line. After having played for 35 minutes, Christian Selvaggi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Varlungo AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Christian Selvaggi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alessandro Mattei in the 37th minute of play forced Club Sportiv Scolar's goalkeeper Doru Vădan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alessandro Matteis short, quick shot in the 38thth minute got Doru Vădan to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. When Club Sportiv Scolar's Costică Iorgovan in the 40th minute got a chance for a shot 40th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Varlungo AFC's goalie prevented a goal. Doru Vădan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Christian Selvaggi in the 46th minute. Doru Vădan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alessandro Mattei in the 48th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alessandro Mattei to make the kick off. In the 58th minute, Eusebiu Abraham hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 59 minutes into the match, Club Sportiv Scolar's goal looked a bit too open when Alessandro Mattei came free, but Doru Vădan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Varlungo AFC getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Alfredo Ciaccia hit a great ball. 67 minutes into the game, Club Sportiv Scolar's Petru Grindeanu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Arrigo Matteucci made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Doru Vădan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alessandro Mattei's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. After a defensive mix-up in Varlungo AFC's zone, Costică Iorgovan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Arrigo Matteucci came out of the goal and Costică Iorgovan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some careless play in the Club Sportiv Scolar defense, Claudio Prato kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Doru Vădan. The Club Sportiv Scolar fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Doru Vădan should have stopped the shot. Alessandro Mattei fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Doru Vădan having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Varlungo AFC's Claudio Prato got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Andrei Purcărete kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. Varlungo AFC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.