Official Cup

Del Piero Alessandro
Spectators: 169 (Terracing: 127, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) Medoacus Maior's Miguel Tristan started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 6 minutes into the match, Sleepy Soldiers FC's Andres Oper sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Biagio Tolin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 6 minutes into the match, Andres Oper had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Biagio Tolin. Medoacus Maior's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Andres Oper was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Biagio Tolin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Andres Oper went, in the 9th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. If Andres Oper had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Biagio Tolin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andres Oper, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Joonatan De Vlaeminck showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miguel Tristan, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Elia Bosco got free with Joonatan De Vlaeminck in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 20 minutes into the match, Urtungo Verdejo dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Joonatan De Vlaeminck, 1-2. Andres Oper sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Biagio Tolin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andres Oper, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 25 minutes into the match, Corrado Piscopo dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Joonatan De Vlaeminck, 2-2. After some careless play in the Sleepy Soldiers FC defense, Miguel Tristan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Joonatan De Vlaeminck. The Sleepy Soldiers FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Joonatan De Vlaeminck should have stopped the shot. 34 minutes into the match, Sleepy Soldiers FC's Andres Oper sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Biagio Tolin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 36 minutes Medoacus Maior's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Frits Cromefeldt who took care of the corner kick. Joonatan De Vlaeminck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Urtungo Verdejo in the 40th minute of the match. Sleepy Soldiers FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 43rd minute, when Urtungo Verdejo scored to the left of an out of position Joonatan De Vlaeminck, making the score, 4-2. Joonatan De Vlaeminck had great luck who in the 47thth minute grab hold of the ball when Urtungo Verdejo from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-2. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Andres Oper made a kick off. Corrado Piscopo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Joonatan De Vlaeminck tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 57 minutes of play, Medoacus Maior's Urtungo Verdejo made it 5-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Joonatan De Vlaeminck was left in no man's land by his defense there! Medoacus Maior were awarded a corner in the 61th minute after Sleepy Soldiers FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Elia Bosco took the corner. Joonatan De Vlaeminck showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miguel Tristan, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Arrigo Tolin made in the 69th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Cristiano Leggeri immediately put the ball in play. Medoacus Maior's Edmondo Grimaldi managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Fumo Alto in the 75 minute of the game. Joonatan De Vlaeminck came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by Medoacus Maior's Miguel Tristan. But to his dismay, Miguel Tristan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-2. Medoacus Maior's Qais Khorshed was substituted for Cristiano Leggeri. Medoacus Maior's Fedele De Rubeis was substituted for Edmondo Grimaldi. 86 minutes into the match, Sleepy Soldiers FC's goal looked a bit too open when Miguel Tristan came free, but Joonatan De Vlaeminck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 91st minute Miguel Tristan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joonatan De Vlaeminck saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice moves Andres Oper could shoot a difficult shot in the 94th minute, which Biagio Tolin however easily saved by the left post. Medoacus Maior were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Sleepy Soldiers FC for a fine match.