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Sandro Pertini Arena
Spectators: 8472 (Terracing: 6355, Seating: 1948, VIP seats: 169) L.R. Vicenza's Olov Holmberg started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. With a little luck, Sbocco Rosso's Dobromir Czeszejko got control of the ball when Olov Holmberg tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 8thth minute of the game Karl-Ove Ålberg who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but L.R. Vicenza's Emilio Maurizi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Dobromir Czeszejko made an important save on a dangerous shot by Olov Holmberg in the 9th minute. A sloppy throw-in by Alexander Antonelli in the 11th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Sbocco Rosso's Arrigo Giancola. Karl-Ove Ålberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Emilio Maurizi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Emilio Maurizi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ercole Prandini, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Sbocco Rosso's Arrigo Giancola managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Alexander Antonelli in the 16 minute of the game. 16 minutes into the match, L.R. Vicenza's goal looked a bit too open when Ercole Prandini came free, but Emilio Maurizi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Karl-Ove Ålberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emilio Maurizi having to interfere. 21 minutes into the match, Sbocco Rosso's goal looked a bit too open when Aristides Nel came free, but Dobromir Czeszejko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Emilio Maurizi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karl-Ove Ålberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Emilio Maurizi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Karl-Ove Ålberg's shot from short distance in the 29th minute. In the 32nd minute of the match, Paşa Palla tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Dobromir Czeszejko saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The supporters of L.R. Vicenza booed when Sbocco Rosso was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ercole Prandini didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Olov Holmberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aristides Nel in the 41st minute of play forced Sbocco Rosso's goalkeeper Dobromir Czeszejko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emilio Maurizi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ercole Prandini in the 46th minute of play. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Karl-Ove Ålberg was the one to do the kick off. After having played for 60 minutes, Karl-Ove Ålberg managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sbocco Rosso's supporters crossed their fingers, but Karl-Ove Ålberg was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Karl-Ove Ålberg might have been able to make a better finish in the 64th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Emilio Maurizi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Karl-Ove Ålberg ran back to his position shaking his head. Dobromir Czeszejko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aristides Nel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dobromir Czeszejko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aristides Nel, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. 76 minutes in the game Anselmo Polito did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Olov Holmberg. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karl-Ove Ålberg in the 83rd minute of play forced L.R. Vicenza's goalkeeper Emilio Maurizi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emilio Maurizi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ercole Prandini, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Sbocco Rosso's Dobromir Czeszejko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aristides Nel in the 95th minute of play. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.