Match Report
| Pistoiese | Pistoiese |  |  | Piacenza | Piacenza | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tonino Giunti | T. Giunti |  | 66 | G |  | 1 | | G | 63 | | Wladimiro Apa | W. Apa | |||||||||
| Paolo Minotti | P. Minotti | | 66 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 62 | | Sergio Fini | S. Fini | |||||||||
| Enrique Nieto | E. Nieto |  | 58 | D | | 3 | | D | 57 | | Pablo Suarez | P. Suarez | |||||||||
| Daniele Flachi | D. Flachi | | 58 | D | | 4 | | D | 53 |  | Craig Strachan | C. Strachan | |||||||||
| Sven Eberle | S. Eberle |  | 57 | D | | 5 | | D | 49 | | Vittorio Soligo | V. Soligo | |||||||||
| Gianfranco Montesanto | G. Montesanto | | 55 | M | | 6 | | M | 58 | | Jose E. Scalabrelli | J. Scalabrelli | |||||||||
| Stefano Gobbi | S. Gobbi | | 53 | M | | 7 | | M | 57 | | Marco Grava | M. Grava | |||||||||
| Massimo Aronica | M. Aronica | | 53 | M | | 8 | | M | 52 | | Tomas Schenardi | T. Schenardi | |||||||||
| Morgan Maggioni | M. Maggioni | | 51 | M | | 9 | | M | 44 | | Garry McNeill | G. McNeill | |||||||||
| Raffaele Croce | R. Croce | | 70 | A | | 10 | | A | 70 | | Franceco De Rosa | F. De Rosa | |||||||||
| Luis Guardiola | L. Guardiola | | 68 | A | | 11 | | A | 62 | | Cleto Falsini | C. Falsini | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at Stadio Comunale where Pistoiese play host to Piacenza. A crowd of 9,831 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both Pistoiese and Piacenza are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Pistoiese and Piacenza are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0The whistle blows and Pistoiese kick off!
6.17
0-0Craig Strachan makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Marco Grava. Marco Grava makes a probing pass to Franceco De Rosa. Franceco De Rosa knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Daniele Flachi.
8.17
0-0Stefano Gobbi controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Raffaele Croce. Raffaele Croce whips in a cross ball towards Luis Guardiola. Luis Guardiola flicks the ball with his head but it is tipped over by Wladimiro Apa.
9.25
Enrique Nieto surges forward with the ball. Enrique Nieto passes the ball forward to Luis Guardiola. Luis Guardiola knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Sergio Fini.
18.12
Marco Grava chips the ball to his team mate, Cleto Falsini. Cleto Falsini knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Tonino Giunti who gathers it comfortably.
21.02
0-0Cleto Falsini hacks Daniele Flachi from behind! Cleto Falsini is warned by the referee! Daniele Flachi carries on, but is struggling a bit.
30.29
0-0Pablo Suarez knocks the ball to his team mate, Marco Grava. Marco Grava makes a simple pass to Cleto Falsini. Cleto Falsini shoots from 20 yards but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
32.08
Gianfranco Montesanto takes it forward alone. Gianfranco Montesanto makes a simple pass to Raffaele Croce. Raffaele Croce shows great control and tries a shot on goal but it flies wide!
39.12
Tomas Schenardi chips the ball to his team mate, Cleto Falsini. Cleto Falsini knocks the ball to his team mate, Franceco De Rosa. Franceco De Rosa takes a shot at goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
40.08
0-0Tomas Schenardi makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Franceco De Rosa. Franceco De Rosa makes a probing pass to Cleto Falsini but he's offside!
45.00
0-0Pistoiese are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Piacenza's defence.
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half
45.00
Piacenza kick off the second half!
59.54
Tomas Schenardi makes a simple pass to Cleto Falsini. Cleto Falsini knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Paolo Minotti.
61.56
Tomas Schenardi sees space and advances. Tomas Schenardi lofts in a cross ball towards Cleto Falsini. Cleto Falsini directs the ball goalwards with his head but it goes wide for a goal kick.
63.33
Marco Grava controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Franceco De Rosa. Franceco De Rosa knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Enrique Nieto.
77.24
Tomas Schenardi makes a simple pass to Franceco De Rosa. Franceco De Rosa tries a spectacular long range effort but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
85.54
Sven Eberle kicks a strong pass forward to Massimo Aronica. Massimo Aronica makes a simple pass to Luis Guardiola. Luis Guardiola shoots from 20 yards. Wladimiro Apa easily smothers it.
89.01
Tomas Schenardi makes a beautiful solo run. Tomas Schenardi finds some space and shoots from distance. It's miles wide!
90.00
0-0Stefano Gobbi catches Tomas Schenardi on the ankles. Stefano Gobbi is shown the yellow card! Tomas Schenardi hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
90.00
The referee whistles full-time!