Official Cup

Tana dei Grigi
Spectators: 780 (Terracing: 586, Seating: 179, VIP seats: 15) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Martin Rodriguez got the match started through his kick off. An unexpected shot in the 3rd minute by Dave Maiorano got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. After 5 played minutes Lupi Grigi got a freekick which was hit by Armin Ucci. A collision led to Lupi Grigi getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Ciccio Orioli hit a great ball. In the 8th minute, Martin Rodriguez made a precise shot to the right of Alex Marzulli. Lupi Grigi's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After 13th play minutes Martin Rodriguez shot 0-2, a short shot which went by Alex Marzulli and just under the crossbar into goal. Christian Hodei sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 23rd minute Martin Rodriguez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alex Marzulli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 24th minute, Daniele Berardinelli reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Leandro Romildo. The goal made the score 1-3. Alex Marzulli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christian Hodei, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alex Marzulli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martijn Diaz de León in the 30th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christian Hodei in the 31st minute of play forced Lupi Grigi's goalkeeper Alex Marzulli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Rodriguez in the 32nd minute of play forced Lupi Grigi's goalkeeper Alex Marzulli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alex Marzulli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Rodriguez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lupi Grigi's Alex Marzulli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Rodriguez in the 36th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martijn Diaz de León in the 38th minute of play forced Lupi Grigi's goalkeeper Alex Marzulli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alex Marzulli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martijn Diaz de León in the 39th minute of play. Martin Rodriguez's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Alex Marzulli read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 42nd minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Alex Marzulli was out of position in the 58 minute of play, and Martijn Diaz de León capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Martijn Diaz de León really showed his touch with that goal: 1-5. The supporters of lןןl Plebe Del Emperador booed when Lupi Grigi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ciccio Orioli didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as lןןl Plebe Del Emperador's Martin Rodriguez slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Alex Marzulli. That made the score 1-6 after 64 minutes of play. Martin Rodriguez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alex Marzulli having to interfere. Ciccio Orioli hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Martin Rodriguez succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-7 in the 81st playminute. In the 88th minute of the match, Martin Rodriguez got a very nice opportunity to score, but Alex Marzulli was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 95 minutes into the game, Martijn Diaz de León was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. lןןl Plebe Del Emperador's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Lupi Grigi the free kick. When the match was over lןןl Plebe Del Emperador could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Lupi Grigi throughout the match.