U23 League

Asti Stadium
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Fabrizio Iacovacci started the match with the kick off. After 6 minutes of play, Eurospeed Asti's Edward Barr made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Damiano Piscopo was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 8th minute, Fabiano Iacobucci ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Damiano Piscopo was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. In the 18th minute, Fabiano Iacobucci left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Eurospeed Asti fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. Damiano Piscopo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fabiano Iacobucci went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. An unexpected shot in the 25th minute by Fabrizio Iacovacci got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Damiano Piscopo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antonello Tofani in the 28th minute of play. With a little luck, ❤GinchanelManu13❤'s Damiano Piscopo got control of the ball when Fabrizio Iacovacci tried to sneak it across the goal line. Torsten Henning took the ball and in the 31 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Damiano Piscopo. Damiano Piscopo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felice Manzi in the 37th minute of play forced Eurospeed Asti's goalkeeper Damiano Battisti to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Damiano Piscopo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Torsten Henning, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Damiano Piscopo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Torsten Henning in the 44th minute of play. 47 minutes into the match, Fabiano Iacobucci dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Damiano Piscopo, 7-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 7-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Felice Manzi to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 56th minute Torsten Henning shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Damiano Piscopo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 60 minutes into the match, Antonello Tofani had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Damiano Piscopo. ❤GinchanelManu13❤'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Antonello Tofani was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-0. ❤GinchanelManu13❤'s Damiano Piscopo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabiano Iacobucci in the 64th minute of play. In the 65th minute, Fabrizio Iacovacci ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Damiano Piscopo was frozen by the shot and now it was 9-0. Damiano Piscopo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabiano Iacobucci in the 71st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabiano Iacobucci in the 74th minute of play forced ❤GinchanelManu13❤'s goalkeeper Damiano Piscopo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 75th minute, Torsten Henning left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Eurospeed Asti fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 10-0. After a rather tough play, ❤GinchanelManu13❤'s Eraldo Nobili got a free kick in the 78th minute. When Eurospeed Asti's Fabrizio Iacovacci in the 82nd minute got a chance for a shot 82nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ❤GinchanelManu13❤'s goalie prevented a goal. 87 minutes into the match, ❤GinchanelManu13❤'s goal looked a bit too open when Antonello Tofani came free, but Damiano Piscopo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fabrizio Iacovacci scored 11-0 in the 92nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Damiano Piscopo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match clock showed 95 minutes, the score became 12-0 when Fabiano Iacobucci sped through ❤GinchanelManu13❤'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Damiano Piscopo. Eurospeed Asti walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.