Official Cup

Pizda arena
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Miguel Piscopo made the kick off which started today's match. Eugeniusz Kostrzewski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Josh Carbonaro went, in the 5th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. When Gregory Boffa fell near the penalty area in the 9th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Floriana Celtics's protests and gave Gregory Boffa a yellow card for diving instead. In the 9th minute, Gregory Boffa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jason Haber showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mariusz Gierlach, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Miguel Piscopo took the ball and in the 12 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eugeniusz Kostrzewski. Eugeniusz Kostrzewski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. After 14 minutes, Miguel Piscopo made it 0-4 with a short kick to the right side. Fc mineta's Eugeniusz Kostrzewski tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. If Damian Miecznikowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A sloppy throw-in by Kurt Bonavia in the 29th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Fc mineta's Cyprian Walentowicz. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Miguel Piscopo in the 32nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Eugeniusz Kostrzewski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Josh Carbonaro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Eugeniusz Kostrzewski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eugeniusz Kostrzewski didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Floriana Celtics's Miguel Piscopo shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-6 in the ordered_time% minute. When the match had gone on for 40 minutes, Miguel Piscopo put it in 0-7 from a short distance just to the right of Eugeniusz Kostrzewski. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Miguel Piscopo in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eugeniusz Kostrzewski saved Fc mineta from getting behind. After the first half Floriana Celtics were leading 0-8. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mariusz Gierlach stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With his leg Eugeniusz Kostrzewski managed to avoid a goal in the 58thth minute, when Floriana Celtics's Josh Carbonaro fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Floriana Celtics were awarded a corner in the 60th minute after Fc mineta's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. David Terribile took the corner. The crowd rose to their feet as Floriana Celtics's Fabio Lauri slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Eugeniusz Kostrzewski. That made the score 0-9 after 60 minutes of play. Miguel Piscopo had several of the Fc mineta's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 63 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-10 score and a disappointed Eugeniusz Kostrzewski as he didn't even see the shot coming. Eugeniusz Kostrzewski came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by Floriana Celtics's Fabio Lauri. But to his dismay, Fabio Lauri quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-11. In the 69th minute Damian Miecznikowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jason Haber saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eugeniusz Kostrzewski came out of the goal in the 73rd minute to try and stop a shot by Floriana Celtics's Kurt Bonavia. But to his dismay, Kurt Bonavia quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-12. Fc mineta's defense didn't have a chance, in the 77th minute, when Miguel Piscopo scored to the left of an out of position Eugeniusz Kostrzewski, making the score, 0-13. A collision led to Fc mineta getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Cyprian Walentowicz hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Fc mineta's zone, David Terribile stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eugeniusz Kostrzewski came out of the goal and David Terribile tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.