League

Ezio Scida
Spectators: 8527 (Terracing: 6396, Seating: 1961, VIP seats: 170) Frans Toussain started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Prato Valera's Lucas Orlandus suffered a sore thigh after 4 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Edgar Salinas charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Edgar Salinas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Prato Valera made a substitution. Alvise Sisti replaced Lucas Orlandus. f.c. sKRotone:s Dan Focșa showed great skill when he stopped Armando Scibilia:s penalty. The supporters of f.c. sKRotone booed when Prato Valera was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alketas Iraklidis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Michelangelo Menduni made a fantastic save in the 17th minute, when Frans Toussain sent off a good shot on target. f.c. sKRotone's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Peppe Bamba in the 19th minute. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by Prato Valera's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Peppe Bamba was slow to take the kick. During this time f.c. sKRotone's players had a chance to rest. The audience was convinced that Frans Toussain's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Michelangelo Menduni was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Dan Focșa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alvise Sisti, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. The audience was convinced that Vennard Sundoro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Michelangelo Menduni was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Vennard Sundoro in the 27th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Michelangelo Menduni prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Dan Focșa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alketas Iraklidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Michelangelo Menduni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frans Toussain in the 29th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Fabio Borrelli during the 29th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Dan Focșa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alketas Iraklidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Vennard Sundoro kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Michelangelo Menduni. That made the score 2-0 in the 34 minute of play. f.c. sKRotone's Dan Focșa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alvise Sisti in the 45th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Prato Valera's zone, Frans Toussain stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Michelangelo Menduni came out of the goal and Frans Toussain tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. 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 Alvise Sisti to make the kick off. The supporters of Prato Valera booed when f.c. sKRotone was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edgar Salinas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Frans Toussain fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Michelangelo Menduni having to interfere. When f.c. sKRotone's Frans Toussain in the 68th minute got a chance for a shot 68th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Prato Valera's goalie prevented a goal. f.c. sKRotone were awarded a corner in the 71th minute after Prato Valera's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Peppe Bamba took the corner. After 89 minutes of play, f.c. sKRotone's Frans Toussain made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Michelangelo Menduni was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Vennard Sundoro in the 92nd minute of play forced Prato Valera's goalkeeper Michelangelo Menduni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. For all the effort they put into the match, the Prato Valera players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for f.c. sKRotone.