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Biancanigo Stadium
Spectators: 8423 (Terracing: 6318, Seating: 1937, VIP seats: 168) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Luciano Boniel got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luciano Boniel in the 9th minute of play forced Aris Salonicco FC's goalkeeper Beppe Natalucci to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Dong Xi Jun in the 11th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Amerigo Staniscia prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 12 played minutes Aris Salonicco FC got a freekick which was hit by Alvise Romagnoli. In the 14thth minute of the game Dong Xi Jun who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Biancanigo FC's Amerigo Staniscia was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 15th minute Adriano Michelini shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amerigo Staniscia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Amerigo Staniscia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dong Xi Jun in the 17th minute of play. Amerigo Staniscia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dong Xi Jun, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Amerigo Staniscia stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dong Xi Jun's shot from short distance in the 21st minute. 24 minutes had been played when some careless play by Biancanigo FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dennis Bani was slow to take the kick. During this time Aris Salonicco FC's players had a chance to rest. Amerigo Staniscia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dong Xi Jun in the 26th minute of the match. Amerigo Staniscia stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dong Xi Jun's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. Amerigo Staniscia stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dong Xi Jun's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. After 35 minutes Biancanigo FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Dennis Bani who took care of the corner kick. Luciano Boniel could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Beppe Natalucci made a huge save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Arrigo Corvi in the 39th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Beppe Natalucci prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jose Jaunti charged in rather forcefully in the 40th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jose Jaunti the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Aris Salonicco FC booed when Biancanigo FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jose Jaunti didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 41 played minutes, Aris Salonicco FC's Comunardo Brunelli shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Amerigo Staniscia came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Aris Salonicco FC reached it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dong Xi Jun in the 44th minute of play forced Biancanigo FC's goalkeeper Amerigo Staniscia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Amerigo Staniscia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dong Xi Jun, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dong Xi Jun to make the kick off. In the 55th minute, Vic Impens hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Luciano Boniel in the 56th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Beppe Natalucci saved Aris Salonicco FC from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Dong Xi Jun's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Amerigo Staniscia was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. Dong Xi Jun recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 63rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After having played for 65 minutes, Dong Xi Jun managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Aris Salonicco FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dong Xi Jun was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Amerigo Staniscia made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Dong Xi Jun sent off a good shot on target. Biancanigo FC's Amerigo Staniscia proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save Biancanigo FC from getting a goal against them. Aris Salonicco FC made a substitution. Donato Verdini replaced Dong Xi Jun. Amerigo Staniscia made an important save on a dangerous shot by Adriano Michelini in the 84th minute. Aris Salonicco FC were awarded a corner in the 85th minute after Biancanigo FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Dennis Bani took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Dennis Bani got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Amerigo Staniscia quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Aris Salonicco FC's Beppe Natalucci played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kaptan Ergüner in the 87th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Ciro Carulli's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Beppe Natalucci was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. Donato Verdini's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 92ndth minute, Amerigo Staniscia skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Donato Verdini in the 94th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Amerigo Staniscia prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Donato Verdini in the 96th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Amerigo Staniscia prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Iwan Kolbert tried in the 98th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Amerigo Staniscia a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 0-2.