Official Cup

C.S. Comunale
Spectators: 195 (Terracing: 147, Seating: 45, VIP seats: 3) Osdorp FC's Wilfried Henselmans proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Osdorp FC from getting a goal against them. Donato Balestra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedro Porro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A throw-in in the 10th minute of the game was made by Maarten Grol with Jack de Koning as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Donato Balestra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hendrik Heida in the 17th minute of play. In the 18th minute, Hendrik Heida hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Wilfried Henselmans was out of position in the 19 minute of play, and Arturo Di Matteo capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Arturo Di Matteo really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. When Calenzano's Arturo Di Matteo in the 22nd minute got a chance for a shot 22nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Osdorp FC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 23rd minute, Wang Chao Jun made a precise shot to the right of Donato Balestra. Calenzano's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Arturo Di Matteo might have been able to make a better finish in the 35th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Wilfried Henselmans. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Arturo Di Matteo ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 35th minute Arturo Di Matteo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wilfried Henselmans saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Donato Balestra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jack de Koning in the 38th minute of play. Fedele Alessandrini might have been able to make a better finish in the 39th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Wilfried Henselmans. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Fedele Alessandrini ran back to his position shaking his head. After 42 played minutes Calenzano got a freekick which was hit by Yaniusky Pardo. The crowd rose to their feet as Calenzano's Arturo Di Matteo slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Wilfried Henselmans. That made the score 2-1 after 47 minutes of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Wang Chao Jun to make the kick off. Wilfried Henselmans took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arturo Di Matteo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Calenzano's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Fedele Alessandrini in the 57th minute. Donato Balestra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hendrik Heida in the 60th minute of play. 60 minutes in the game, Hendrik Heida dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. In the 62nd minute, Arturo Di Matteo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Wilfried Henselmans was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Calenzano's Pierrot Leenpoels was substituted for Arturo Di Matteo. Calenzano made a substitution. Alessandro Giocondo replaced Yaniusky Pardo. Alessandro Giocondo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wilfried Henselmans having to interfere. After having played for 77 minutes, Pierrot Leenpoels managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Calenzano's supporters crossed their fingers, but Pierrot Leenpoels was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Calenzano made a substitution. Ennio Daniele replaced Alessio Santini. Osdorp FC made a substitution. Frank Wiegmann replaced Ty Dijkstra. Pierrot Leenpoels blasted a shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Wilfried Henselmans having to make a save. 88 minutes into the match, Osdorp FC's goal looked a bit too open when Pierrot Leenpoels came free, but Wilfried Henselmans reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Maarten Grol made in the 90th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Calenzano's Achille Sciamanna. Wilfried Henselmans took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pierrot Leenpoels, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Wilfried Henselmans made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pierrot Leenpoels in the 93rd minute of play. Calenzano's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Fedele Alessandrini in the 95th minute. The corner ended in Fedele Alessandrini almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Osdorp FC's Wilfried Henselmans did a great save. Calenzano were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Osdorp FC for a fine match.