Official Cup

Colosseum
Spectators: 184 (Terracing: 139, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when José Sand took the kick off in the first half of the match. Okanay Avşaroğlu made in the 3rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Maxi Kon. The supporters of Loco Team FC booed when Gladiator FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Felice Tiberio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Carlo Taranto came free with the goalkeeper in the 7th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Zhuang Xing Tian could save by the left post. If José Sand had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Sand in the 9th minute of play forced Gladiator FC's goalkeeper Gustaf Albohm to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Carlo Taranto got free with Zhuang Xing Tian in the 10th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Gustaf Albohm didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from José Sand went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Zhuang Xing Tian showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Konstantin Butylin, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. In the 17th minute, Cosimo Eleuteri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Freddie Mercurio took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 18th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Gustaf Albohm. Gladiator FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Gustaf Albohm showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edson-Arantes Pelé, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Carlo Taranto's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 21stth minute, Zhuang Xing Tian skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Zhuang Xing Tian made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Carlo Taranto sent off a good shot on target. Zhuang Xing Tian made an important save on a dangerous shot by Carlo Taranto in the 32nd minute. Gustaf Albohm made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José Sand in the 41st minute of play. Gladiator FC's Maxi Kon got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Konstantin Butylins short, quick shot in the 45thth minute got Zhuang Xing Tian to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. When the match had gone on for 48 minutes, Antonio Lovera took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Zhuang Xing Tian to make any attempt to save it.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Konstantin Butylin was the one to do the kick off. The supporters of Gladiator FC booed when Loco Team FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. José Sand didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gladiator FC made a substitution. Luisão Tepedino replaced Carlo Taranto. Gladiator FC made a substitution. Michael-Elvis Flumian replaced Cosimo Eleuteri. Okanay Avşaroğlu made in the 66th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Maxi Kon immediately put the ball in play. Gustaf Albohm made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José Sand in the 69th minute of play. José Sand blasted a shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gustaf Albohm having to make a save. Gustaf Albohm showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Sand in the 77th minute of the match. In the 80th minute Konstantin Butylin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zhuang Xing Tian saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Konstantin Butylin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zhuang Xing Tian was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. In the 83rd minute, Luisão Tepedino left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Gladiator FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Loco Team FC's Gavino Luar was substituted for José Sand. In the 89th minute, Luisão Tepedino ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Zhuang Xing Tian was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. After a defensive mix-up in Loco Team FC's zone, Dennis Briano stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zhuang Xing Tian came out of the goal and Dennis Briano tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.