Gasba Arena
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131,
Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Pastor Ihazintu kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute Bruno Di Iulio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lev Yashin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Edgardo Lucado charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Edgardo Lucado the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Urbs LC getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Edgardo Lucado hit a great ball. Urbs LC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cezary Tusk in the 11th minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Le Stade Briochin UC's goalie and right to Diego Lusi. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Le Stade Briochin UC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. A collision led to Urbs LC getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Alf Runeberg hit a great ball. In the 16th minute Pastor Ihazintu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lev Yashin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 18th minute Jaime Tabor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eugenio Santoro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 21 minutes Urbs LC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Farid Verrecchia who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Farid Verrecchia got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Eugenio Santoro quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Eugenio Santoro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ange Lochet, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pastor Ihazintu took the ball and in the 29 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lev Yashin. Lev Yashin 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jaime Tabor in the 33rd minute of play forced Urbs LC's goalkeeper Eugenio Santoro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pastor Ihazintu in the 35th minute of play forced Le Stade Briochin UC's goalkeeper Lev Yashin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 36th minute Urbs LC were awarded a corner. Cezary Tusk went to the cornerflag to take it. Urbs LC's Pastor Ihazintu got a good chance for a goal in the 41st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 44th minute, Cezary Tusk ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lev Yashin was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.
Le Stade Briochin UC made a substitution. Renan Leveau replaced Malik Courtine. When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nolan Roux made a kick off. Ange Lochet came free with the goalkeeper in the 53rd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Eugenio Santoro could save by the left post. In the 54th minute Cezary Tusk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lev Yashin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lev Yashin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Di Iulio in the 58th minute of play. 59 minutes into the match, Bruno Di Iulio notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Le Stade Briochin UC's Lev Yashin. Lev Yashin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Lev Yashin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Beppe Aversano in the 65th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Pastor Ihazintu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lev Yashin was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. 71 minutes into the match, Le Stade Briochin UC's goal looked a bit too open when Pastor Ihazintu came free, but Lev Yashin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Urbs LC made a substitution. Anselmo Papetti replaced Diego Lusi. Urbs LC's Boško Balaban was substituted for Ennio Di Marzio. Reinaud Arnoets sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Reinaud Arnoets could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Eugenio Santoro made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Boško Balaban in the 92nd minute of play forced Le Stade Briochin UC's goalkeeper Lev Yashin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Boško Balaban took the ball and in the 95 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lev Yashin. Lev Yashin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Urbs LC had won after a very even match.
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