Official Cup

Santoryu Stadium
Spectators: 163 (Terracing: 123, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Yane Donkovski started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 5 minutes into the match, Anselmo Gabriele notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of FC Old Dogs United's Borimir Karadzhov. Borimir Karadzhov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ermanno Tagliente charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ermanno Tagliente the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 8th match minute, Santoryu FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ermanno Tagliente to maneuver through the defense. Alessandro Verdecchia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Momchil Denkin, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. After a rather tough play, FC Old Dogs United's Momchil Denkin got a free kick in the 11th minute. Alvise Iacobucci received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Borimir Karadzhov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Atanas Vitanov managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Old Dogs United's supporters rose to their feet, but Atanas Vitanov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alessandro Verdecchia breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Alessandro Verdecchia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Momchil Denkin in the 20th minute of play. In the 21st minute FC Old Dogs United were awarded a corner. Momchil Denkin went to the cornerflag to take it. FC Old Dogs United's Momchil Denkin was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Alessandro Verdecchia in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The crowd rose to their feet as Santoryu FC's Alvise Iacobucci slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Borimir Karadzhov. That made the score 2-0 after 23 minutes of play. 31 minutes into the match, FC Old Dogs United's goal looked a bit too open when Dario Giorgio came free, but Borimir Karadzhov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Atanas Vitanov kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. In the 33rd minute of the match Eugenio Bozzo shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Borimir Karadzhov showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The supporters of FC Old Dogs United booed when Santoryu FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dario Giorgio didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 35th minute of the match Momchil Denkin sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Alessandro Verdecchia skillfully saved the ball. 41 minutes into the game, Alfredo Malvezzi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Santoryu FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Old Dogs United the free kick. A collision led to Santoryu FC getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Alfredo Malvezzi hit a great ball. In the 42nd minute of the match Momchil Denkin shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Alessandro Verdecchia showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Eugenio Bozzo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 43rd minute of the match, but Borimir Karadzhov made a huge save. A collision led to FC Old Dogs United getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Atanas Vitanov hit a great ball. Preslav Kafedzhiev hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match.

The wind increased when Eugenio Bozzo made the kick off in the second half. Ciro Punta hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Alessandro Verdecchia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yane Donkovski in the 53rd minute of play. Dario Giorgio charged in rather forcefully in the 56th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dario Giorgio the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 56 played minutes Santoryu FC got a freekick which was hit by Dario Giorgio. Alessandro Verdecchia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Momchil Denkin in the 57th minute of the match. Yane Donkovski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alessandro Verdecchia having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Momchil Denkin in the 61st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alessandro Verdecchia saved Santoryu FC from getting behind. Svetlozar Vladinov kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Alvise Iacobucci fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Borimir Karadzhov having to interfere. After 68 minutes of play Santoryu FC's Ermanno Tagliente was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. The supporters of FC Old Dogs United booed when Santoryu FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ermanno Tagliente didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 75th minute, Svetlozar Vladinov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Totyo Brandiyski in the 81st minute of play forced Santoryu FC's goalkeeper Alessandro Verdecchia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ciro Punta charged in rather forcefully in the 84th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ciro Punta the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Santoryu FC's Ciro Punta got a free kick in the 85th minute. When Emiliano Baldassarre fell near the penalty area in the 87th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Santoryu FC's protests and gave Emiliano Baldassarre a yellow card for diving instead. Emiliano Baldassarre hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. The long shot by Momchil Denkin in the 89th minute really tested Alessandro Verdecchia's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. FC Old Dogs United's Borimir Karadzhov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dario Giorgio in the 91st minute of play. With a little luck, Santoryu FC's Alessandro Verdecchia got control of the ball when Totyo Brandiyski tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Santoryu FC had won after a very even match.