League

Garbatella
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Garbatella AFC's Alex Feliziani 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. 4 minutes into the match, Ezequiel Segio notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Garbatella AFC's Fabrizio Colelli. Fabrizio Colelli was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 7 minutes of play, ChupaBonito's Gualter Quintal made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fabrizio Colelli was left in no man's land by his defense there! 14 minutes into the game, Gualter Quintal cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Fabrizio Colelli was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Francesco Abete hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. In the 19thth minute of the game Gualter Quintal who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Garbatella AFC's Fabrizio Colelli was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gualter Quintal in the 24th minute of play forced Garbatella AFC's goalkeeper Fabrizio Colelli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gualter Quintal took the ball and in the 28 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fabrizio Colelli. Fabrizio Colelli dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Garbatella AFC's Fabrizio Colelli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amos Rullo in the 31st minute of play. After a rather tough play, ChupaBonito's Edoardo Di Nardo got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Francesco Abete kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gualter Quintal in the 37th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Fabrizio Colelli prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Fabrizio Colelli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gualter Quintal in the 39th minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gualter Quintal made a kick off. Garbatella AFC's Fabrizio Colelli proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 51st minute of the match, managed to save Garbatella AFC from getting a goal against them. After 56 played minutes ChupaBonito got a freekick which was hit by Gualter Quintal. ChupaBonito's Gualter Quintal got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of Garbatella AFC booed when ChupaBonito was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gualter Quintal didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gheorghe Ciolpan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Fabrizio Colelli made a huge save. In the 67th minute Gualter Quintal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabrizio Colelli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gualter Quintal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabrizio Colelli having to interfere. After 70 played minutes ChupaBonito got a freekick which was hit by Edoardo Di Nardo. Fausto Carbonetti's late challenge caught a Garbatella AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fausto Carbonetti helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 71st minute of the game. One of ChupaBonito:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Garbatella AFC:s goal. In the 74th minute there was a penalty for Garbatella AFC. Angelo Bulla stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Adriano Petrella. 1-4. Fabrizio Colelli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amos Rullo in the 76th minute of play. Garbatella AFC's Fabrizio Colelli proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save Garbatella AFC from getting a goal against them. Fabrizio Colelli was out of position in the 79 minute of play, and Gualter Quintal capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Gualter Quintal really showed his touch with that goal: 1-5. In the 83rd minute, Amos Rullo fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. When Gualter Quintal came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the ChupaBonito 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 Gualter Quintal couldn't finish the play. When the final whistle sounded ChupaBonito left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Garbatella AFC.