Prized/Friendly Cup

Romolo Di Reto
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Amedeo Giancola made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute, Anthony Barbato hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Corrado Contestabile showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carter Di Fazio, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Hyblae FC's Corrado Contestabile played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elia Di Vincenzo in the 6th minute of play. Sao Brasola were awarded a corner in the 11th minute after Hyblae FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Deng Jian Bing took the corner. Elia Di Vincenzo was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. In the 13th minute, Carter Di Fazio ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Corrado Contestabile was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Erlin Håland could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Corrado Contestabile made a huge save. After 18 minutes Hyblae FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Deng Jian Bing who took care of the corner kick. Hyblae FC's Corrado Contestabile proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save Hyblae FC from getting a goal against them. Corrado Contestabile showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carter Di Fazio in the 21st minute of the match. Eigirdas Burnickas scored 2-1 in the 24th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Urbano Saturnin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Corrado Contestabile made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Erlin Håland sent off a good shot on target. Corrado Contestabile didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Carter Di Fazio went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Urbano Saturnin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ferruccio Festuccia in the 34th minute of play. Urbano Saturnin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amedeo Giancola in the 35th minute of the match. Corrado Contestabile made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elia Di Vincenzo in the 39th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Erlin Håland got free with Corrado Contestabile in the 40th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpected shot in the 41st minute by Carter Di Fazio got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Urbano Saturnin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ferruccio Festuccia in the 44th minute of the match. Andrea Pasciu charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Andrea Pasciu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Andrea Pasciu hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. Deng Jian Bing recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 46th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Carter Di Fazio to strike the kick off in the second half. Corrado Contestabile came out of the goal in the 51st minute to try and stop a shot by Sao Brasola's Carter Di Fazio. But to his dismay, Carter Di Fazio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. After having played for 56 minutes, Carter Di Fazio managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sao Brasola's supporters crossed their fingers, but Carter Di Fazio was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Corrado Contestabile came out of the goal in the 59th minute to try and stop a shot by Sao Brasola's Elia Di Vincenzo. But to his dismay, Elia Di Vincenzo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-1. In the 63rd minute, Erlin Håland made a precise shot to the right of Corrado Contestabile. Hyblae FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-1. Corrado Contestabile made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elia Di Vincenzo in the 67th minute of play. Corrado Contestabile showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elia Di Vincenzo in the 68th minute of the match. Elia Di Vincenzo scored 7-1 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Corrado Contestabile, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 88th minute, Pierrot Leenpoels left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sao Brasola fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 8-1. Corrado Contestabile made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pierrot Leenpoels in the 91st minute of play. Amedeo Giancola could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Urbano Saturnin made a huge save. After some careless play in the Hyblae FC defense, Pierrot Leenpoels kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Corrado Contestabile. The Hyblae FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Corrado Contestabile should have stopped the shot.