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Stadio Pero
Spectators: 7466 (Terracing: 5575, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 50) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Mateusz Smolarek kicked off to start the match. Manfredonia Calcio 1932's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Alessandro Del Piero in the 4th minute. When the match clock showed 6 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Mateusz Smolarek sped through Roberto baggi's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Carter Cattaneo. In the 11th minute, Mateusz Smolarek got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. If Ernesto Giandomenico had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 13 minutes into the match, Roberto baggi's goal looked a bit too open when Florian Carafa came free, but Carter Cattaneo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 17th minute, Mateusz Smolarek left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Manfredonia Calcio 1932 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Carter Cattaneo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mateusz Smolarek, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. The audience was convinced that Mateusz Smolarek's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Carter Cattaneo was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. Carter Cattaneo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alessandro Del Piero in the 22nd minute of the match. In the 23rd minute Alessandro Del Piero shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carter Cattaneo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alessandro Del Piero in the 24th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Carter Cattaneo saved Roberto baggi from getting behind. When Manfredonia Calcio 1932's Mateusz Smolarek in the 27th minute got a chance for a shot 27th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Roberto baggi's goalie prevented a goal. Carter Cattaneo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alessandro Del Piero in the 28th minute of the match. In the 29th minute Florian Carafa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carter Cattaneo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Roberto baggi's Carter Cattaneo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christian Buonanno in the 30th minute of play. Manfredonia Calcio 1932's Alfredo Torelli proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Manfredonia Calcio 1932 from getting a goal against them. Carter Cattaneo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florian Carafa in the 33rd minute of the match. After 35 minutes of play, Manfredonia Calcio 1932's Mateusz Smolarek made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Carter Cattaneo was left in no man's land by his defense there! 38 minutes into the game, Florian Carafa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Carter Cattaneo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 41 minutes into the match, Roberto baggi's goal looked a bit too open when Alessandro Del Piero came free, but Carter Cattaneo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 42nd minute Mateusz Smolarek shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carter Cattaneo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 0-5 became the score in the 44th minute when Alessandro Del Piero elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-5 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bruno Piccone stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Christian Buonanno could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but Carter Cattaneo made a huge save. Carter Cattaneo didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 57th minute, which inside left pole to 0-6. Roberto baggi's Carter Cattaneo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ernesto Giandomenico in the 60th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 62 minutes, Carter Cattaneo successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The crowd rose to their feet as Alessandro Del Piero kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Carter Cattaneo. That made the score 0-7 in the 64 minute of play. After a rather tough play, Roberto baggi's Bruno Piccone got a free kick in the 66th minute. In the 69thth minute of the game Mateusz Smolarek who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Roberto baggi's Carter Cattaneo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 71 minutes into the game, Manfredonia Calcio 1932's Mateusz Smolarek nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Carter Cattaneo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-8. Manfredonia Calcio 1932 made a substitution. Dennis Di Federico replaced Arturo Borrelli. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alessandro Del Piero in the 77th minute of play forced Roberto baggi's goalkeeper Carter Cattaneo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Carter Cattaneo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alessandro Del Piero in the 83rd minute of play. Eraldo Larizza kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Manfredonia Calcio 1932 made a substitution. Antonello Iacovella replaced Christian Buonanno. Manfredonia Calcio 1932 made a substitution. Jim Asmundsson replaced Ernesto Giandomenico. Eraldo Larizza kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. Mateusz Smolarek could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Carter Cattaneo made a huge save. After 87 minutes of play, Manfredonia Calcio 1932's Alessandro Del Piero made it 0-10 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Carter Cattaneo was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 89th minute, Manfredonia Calcio 1932's Mateusz Smolarek dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-11.