League

Il Principe
Spectators: 8000 (Terracing: 6001, Seating: 1840, VIP seats: 159) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Fausto Pizzi made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rdth minute of the game Fausto Pizzi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Madama Bianconera's Edmondo Romagnoli was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 5 minutes into the game, Real Angelica's Rūtenis Banaitis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Edmondo Romagnoli made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Edmondo Romagnoli came out of the goal in the 8th minute to try and stop a shot by Real Angelica's Dario Gentili. But to his dismay, Dario Gentili quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. If Rūtenis Banaitis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Edmondo Romagnoli didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fausto Pizzi went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. After 18 minutes of play, Real Angelica's Fausto Pizzi made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Edmondo Romagnoli was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 21st minute, Arturo Rainaldi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 22 minutes into the match, Fausto Pizzi notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of Madama Bianconera's Edmondo Romagnoli. Edmondo Romagnoli was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 25 minutes into the game, Fausto Pizzi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-6. Edmondo Romagnoli was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 28 minutes into the match, Madama Bianconera's goal looked a bit too open when Fausto Pizzi came free, but Edmondo Romagnoli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 32nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Madama Bianconera's goalkeeper Edmondo Romagnoli, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 33rd minute Dario Gentili shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edmondo Romagnoli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Real Angelica fans' excitement grew in the 36th match minute when Real Angelica's Fausto Pizzi looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-7 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 40th minute, Fausto Pizzi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Edmondo Romagnoli was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-8. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fausto Pizzi in the 44th minute of play forced Madama Bianconera's goalkeeper Edmondo Romagnoli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Madama Bianconera's Edmondo Romagnoli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fausto Pizzi in the 45th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Augusto Zoff managed to get in a good position for a shot. Real Angelica's supporters rose to their feet, but Augusto Zoff was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Edmondo Romagnoli breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Real Angelica's Fausto Pizzi got a good chance for a goal in the 48th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Disappointed in the 0-8 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Antonio Toppi to make the kick off. Edmondo Romagnoli was a little too slow when Fausto Pizzi got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 52nd minute. The score was now 0-9. Madama Bianconera's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Fausto Pizzi 55 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-10. The crowd rose to their feet as Real Angelica's Fausto Pizzi slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Edmondo Romagnoli. That made the score 0-11 after 58 minutes of play. 63 minutes into the match, Fausto Pizzi dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Edmondo Romagnoli, 0-12. 66 minutes into the match, Madama Bianconera's goal looked a bit too open when Augusto Zoff came free, but Edmondo Romagnoli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Real Angelica's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Rūtenis Banaitis in the 67th minute. Real Angelica's Dario Gentili was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Edmondo Romagnoli in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 68th minute, Real Angelica's Dario Gentili ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Edmondo Romagnoli. Edmondo Romagnoli yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-13. Fausto Pizzi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Edmondo Romagnoli made a huge save. 75 minutes into the match, Augusto Zoff dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Edmondo Romagnoli, 0-14. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fausto Pizzi in the 78th minute of play forced Madama Bianconera's goalkeeper Edmondo Romagnoli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Fausto Pizzi kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Edmondo Romagnoli. That made the score 0-15 in the 80 minute of play. In the 85th minute, one of Madama Bianconera:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Madama Bianconera. The goalkeeper, Edmondo Romagnoli, was totally fooled by Real Angelica's Rūtenis Banaitis, who 86 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. In the 97th minute, Fausto Pizzi reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Edmondo Romagnoli. The goal made the score 0-17. Real Angelica's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.