Official Cup

Wamba Arena
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) After some careless play in the Stintino FC defense, Juarês Donato kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Antonello Ranieri. The Stintino FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Antonello Ranieri should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Stintino FC getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Attilio Losito hit a great ball. In the 19th minute Juarês Donato shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonello Ranieri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 21st minute João Carlos Vianna shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonello Ranieri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 22 minutes into the match, Stintino FC's goal looked a bit too open when Juarês Donato came free, but Antonello Ranieri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 24th minute, Arrigo Iannucci made a precise shot to the right of Cris Courtois. Wambalamba FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. In the 26th minute of the match, João Carlos Vianna tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Antonello Ranieri saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 29th match minute, Wambalamba FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rolf Pilgren to maneuver through the defense. Cris Courtois showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arrigo Iannucci in the 31st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex Rizzo in the 32nd minute of play forced Wambalamba FC's goalkeeper Cris Courtois to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 33rd minute, João Carlos Vianna reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Antonello Ranieri. The goal made the score 2-1. João Carlos Vianna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alberto Iezzi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Cris Courtois tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Juarês Donato scored 3-1 in the 44th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Antonello Ranieri, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Robin Steckamp to make the kick off. In the 50th minute, Stintino FC's Alex Rizzo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-2. Stintino FC's Antonello Ranieri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robin Steckamp in the 53rd minute of play. In the 63rd minute Alberto Iezzi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cris Courtois saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 67th minute, Angelo Bertoni hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 70th minute of the match, Alberto Iezzi tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Cris Courtois saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 73 minutes into the game, Enzo Ascenzi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Stintino FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Wambalamba FC the free kick. In the 73rd match minute, Stintino FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Enzo Ascenzi to maneuver through the defense. Antonello Ranieri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robin Steckamp, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 76th minute, Concetto Petrella hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 78 played minutes, Wambalamba FC's Brian Finnman shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Antonello Ranieri 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 Wambalamba FC reached it. Cris Courtois made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex Rizzo in the 79th minute of play. After 90 played minutes Stintino FC got a freekick which was hit by Alex Rizzo. Wambalamba FC made a substitution. Léo Souto replaced João Carlos Vianna. In the 91st match minute, Stintino FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alex Rizzo to maneuver through the defense. 92 minutes into the game, Wambalamba FC's Léo Souto nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Antonello Ranieri made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-2. In the 94th minute, Andre-Yann Dospel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Wambalamba FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.