Official Cup

ALICO ARENA
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Lukáš Katačić made the kick off which started today's match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Lukáš Katačić in the 3rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Téo Soares prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After having played for 5 minutes, Lukáš Katačić managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Florida Gulf Coast's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lukáš Katačić was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 8th minute, John James hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Lukáš Katačić had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sixto Bitxintxo struck a weak shot in the 21st minute. Téo Soares didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Florida Gulf Coast. In the 24th minute Lukáš Katačić shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Téo Soares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 25th minute the ball was on its way in behind Spadarolo's goalkeeper Téo Soares, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Seppe De Muijser in the 30th minute of play forced Florida Gulf Coast's goalkeeper Luis Nardo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lukáš Katačić sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Téo Soares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lukáš Katačić in the 34th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Lukáš Katačić's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Téo Soares was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. Téo Soares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lukáš Katačić in the 37th minute of the match. Lukáš Katačić fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Téo Soares having to interfere. Leonardo Dominix hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Spadarolo's Conrad Wy got a good chance for a goal in the 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Seppe De Muijser to make the kick off. After 52 played minutes Spadarolo got a freekick which was hit by Bernardo Di Liddo. After 54 minutes of play, Florida Gulf Coast's Lukáš Katačić made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Téo Soares was left in no man's land by his defense there! The throw-in from Bernardo Di Liddo in the 61st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Florida Gulf Coast's Leonardo Dominix. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Lukáš Katačić in the 62nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Téo Soares prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Spadarolo made a substitution. Casimiro Illanes replaced Bernardo Di Liddo. After 70 played minutes Spadarolo got a freekick which was hit by Seppe De Muijser. After 71 played minutes Florida Gulf Coast got a freekick which was hit by Vladislav Febov. With a little luck, Florida Gulf Coast's Luis Nardo got control of the ball when Daniele Terrasi tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Spadarolo's Casimiro Illanes got a free kick in the 73rd minute. In the 75th minute, Lukáš Katačić ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Téo Soares was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Daniele Terrasi hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. When Florida Gulf Coast's Lukáš Katačić in the 81st minute got a chance for a shot 81st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Spadarolo's goalie prevented a goal. 83 minutes into the match, Florida Gulf Coast's Lukáš Katačić sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Téo Soares narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Lukáš Katačić had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Florida Gulf Coast had played much better football throughout.