Official Cup

Arturo Valerio
Spectators: 157 (Terracing: 118, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Didi Couto got the match started through his kick off. After some careless play in the As Melfi 1929 defense, Ren Jie Fan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Emilio Festuccia. The As Melfi 1929 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Emilio Festuccia should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, As Melfi 1929's Daniele Belfiore got a free kick in the 7th minute. After 8 played minutes As Melfi 1929 got a freekick which was hit by Fulvio Di Cesare. 9 minutes into the game, Ren Jie Fan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Emilio Festuccia was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Emilio Festuccia didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Didi Couto went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Emilio Festuccia didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ren Jie Fan went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. 21 minutes into the match, Ren Jie Fan notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of As Melfi 1929's Emilio Festuccia. Emilio Festuccia was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ren Jie Fan scored 0-6 in the 26th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Emilio Festuccia, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 30 minutes into the game, GeRaÇãO-83's Ren Jie Fan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Emilio Festuccia made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-7. The GeRaÇãO-83 fans' excitement grew in the 37th match minute when GeRaÇãO-83's Ren Jie Fan looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-9 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Didi Couto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Emilio Festuccia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. GeRaÇãO-83's attentive Ruperto Enol managed to snatch the ball when Daniele Belfiore made a throw-in in the 42nd minute of the game. Emilio Festuccia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ren Jie Fan, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. 46 minutes into the game, Daniele Belfiore threw the ball into play from the sideline. GeRaÇãO-83's Rômulo Veiga quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. The audience was convinced that Ren Jie Fan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emilio Festuccia was relentless in the 47th minute of the game. Disappointed in the 0-9 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

After some fancy dribbling in the 51st minute, Ren Jie Fan managed to get in a good position for a shot. GeRaÇãO-83's supporters rose to their feet, but Ren Jie Fan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Emilio Festuccia breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. GeRaÇãO-83's Didi Couto got a good chance for a goal in the 53rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 55 minutes of play, GeRaÇãO-83's Ren Jie Fan made it 0-10 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Emilio Festuccia was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ren Jie Fan took the ball and in the 59 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Emilio Festuccia. Emilio Festuccia dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-11. 62 minutes into the match, GeRaÇãO-83's Ren Jie Fan sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Emilio Festuccia narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ren Jie Fan took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Emilio Festuccia. Emilio Festuccia dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-12. GeRaÇãO-83's Carl Ancelotti was substituted for Didi Couto. In the 74th minute, Ren Jie Fan reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Emilio Festuccia. The goal made the score 0-14. Daniele Belfiore kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. 79 minutes into the game, GeRaÇãO-83's Ren Jie Fan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Emilio Festuccia made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-15. The crowd rose to their feet as Ren Jie Fan kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Emilio Festuccia. That made the score 0-17 in the 94 minute of play.