Official Cup

MASTERBET FC
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Marius Macovei made the kick off and thus started the match. 3 minutes into the match, Elia Pietrantoni had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gigel Zăvoiu. MasterBets's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Elia Pietrantoni was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Damiano Battisti stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marius Macovei's shot from short distance in the 6th minute. When the match had gone on for 6 minutes, Marius Macovei put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Damiano Battisti. After some fancy dribbling in the 14th minute, Mihnea Arnăuțoiu managed to get in a good position for a shot. MasterBets's supporters rose to their feet, but Mihnea Arnăuțoiu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Damiano Battisti breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jacinto Oso kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. In the 17th minute, Fausto Pinti ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gigel Zăvoiu was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. After 22 played minutes MasterBets got a freekick which was hit by Jacinto Oso. In the 23rd minute of the match Fortunato Borromeo shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Gigel Zăvoiu showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 25th minute Elia Pietrantoni shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gigel Zăvoiu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Damiano Battisti made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tony Röd in the 28th minute of play. 30 minutes had been played when some careless play by MasterBets's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Fortunato Borromeo was slow to take the kick. During this time Eurospeed Asti's players had a chance to rest. Damiano Battisti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marius Macovei in the 33rd minute of the match. Damiano Battisti was a little too slow when Marius Macovei got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 43rd minute. The score was now 2-2. Damiano Battisti made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marius Macovei in the 47th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-2. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Elia Pietrantoni to make the kick off. In the 54th minute Mihnea Arnăuțoiu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Damiano Battisti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, MasterBets's Gigel Zăvoiu got control of the ball when Fausto Pinti tried to sneak it across the goal line. When MasterBets's Marius Macovei in the 56th minute got a chance for a shot 56th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Eurospeed Asti's goalie prevented a goal. 60 minutes into the match, Eurospeed Asti's goal looked a bit too open when Marius Macovei came free, but Damiano Battisti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Eurospeed Asti defense, Marius Macovei kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Damiano Battisti. The Eurospeed Asti fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Damiano Battisti should have stopped the shot. Damiano Battisti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mihnea Arnăuțoiu in the 65th minute of the match. Damiano Battisti didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marius Macovei went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-2 was the resulting score. When MasterBets's Marius Macovei in the 73rd minute got a chance for a shot 73rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Eurospeed Asti's goalie prevented a goal. Damiano Battisti didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when MasterBets's Mihnea Arnăuțoiu shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 6-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Iosif Gherase kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. Damiano Battisti took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marius Macovei, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Damiano Battisti made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mihnea Arnăuțoiu in the 85th minute of play. Eurospeed Asti's Damiano Battisti played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ramiro Marin in the 87th minute of play. After 88 minutes Eurospeed Asti's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Mihnea Arnăuțoiu who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on MasterBets's corner Mihnea Arnăuțoiu fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Damiano Battisti quite easily take care of the ball. After 91 minutes, Edward Barr mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Eurospeed Asti and the MasterBets players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Eurospeed Asti getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Edward Barr hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Marius Macovei's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Damiano Battisti was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. Marius Macovei's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Damiano Battisti read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 96th minute of play. Federico Chiesa kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match. MasterBets's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.