U23 League

Anoeta
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Talenti Roma Calcio's Florian Pinti proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save Talenti Roma Calcio from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felice Barbato in the 14th minute of play forced Real Sociedad's goalkeeper Sauveur Lisundia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristoforo Biavati scored 0-2 in the 16th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sauveur Lisundia, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 19 minutes into the game, Felice Barbato was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Talenti Roma Calcio's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Real Sociedad the free kick. In the 19th match minute, Talenti Roma Calcio was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felice Barbato to maneuver through the defense. Frédéric Pantel's late challenge caught a Talenti Roma Calcio's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Frédéric Pantel helped the player get up and apologised. Frédéric Pantel kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Libertad Sarmiento in the 27th minute of play forced Talenti Roma Calcio's goalkeeper Florian Pinti to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Talenti Roma Calcio's Cristiano Passalacqua got a free kick in the 28th minute. In the 31st match minute, Real Sociedad was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vicente Millano to maneuver through the defense. Sauveur Lisundia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristoforo Biavati in the 32nd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Libertad Sarmiento's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Florian Pinti was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in Talenti Roma Calcio's zone, Libertad Sarmiento stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Florian Pinti came out of the goal and Libertad Sarmiento tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Libertad Sarmiento in the 42nd minute of play forced Talenti Roma Calcio's goalkeeper Florian Pinti to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 43 minutes into the match, Real Sociedad's Libertad Sarmiento sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Florian Pinti narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 44 minutes Talenti Roma Calcio's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Hubert Jouniaux who took care of the corner kick. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Vicente Millano was the one to do the kick off. Libertad Sarmiento received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Florian Pinti tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the last second Sauveur Lisundia throw himself and got hold of the ball when Felice Barbato in the 58thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Ermanno Marcolongo hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. 62 minutes into the match, Real Sociedad's goal looked a bit too open when Felice Barbato came free, but Sauveur Lisundia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Frédéric Pantel kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Talenti Roma Calcio's Florian Pinti played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Libertad Sarmiento in the 65th minute of play. If Vicente Millano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After some careless play in the Real Sociedad defense, Felice Barbato kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sauveur Lisundia. The Real Sociedad fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sauveur Lisundia should have stopped the shot. Florian Pinti made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Libertad Sarmiento in the 76th minute of play. When Ale Kutas fell near the penalty area in the 78th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Real Sociedad's protests and gave Ale Kutas a yellow card for diving instead. After 78 played minutes Real Sociedad got a freekick which was hit by Ale Kutas. Talenti Roma Calcio's Cristiano Passalacqua shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 79th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Sauveur Lisundia but with some difficulty. Florian Pinti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Libertad Sarmiento, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. In the 89th minute, Vicente Millano 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. In the 91stth minute of the game Gaël Janssens who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Talenti Roma Calcio's Florian Pinti was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball.