Official Cup

Acilia Arena
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) Fausto Pinho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alessandro Checchia in the 5th minute of play. Aram Decimo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Beppe Scannella having to interfere. Fausto Pinho made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alberto Diana in the 13th minute. Alberto Diana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Aram Decimo came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the Denti della Vecchia fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Aram Decimo couldn't finish the play. When Andreas Gilardi came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the Denti della Vecchia fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Andreas Gilardi couldn't finish the play. Armando Villa hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Sidonius Ziegler received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Beppe Scannella tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Denti della Vecchia's defense didn't have a chance, in the 29th minute, when Alessandro Checchia scored to the left of an out of position Fausto Pinho, making the score, 1-0. Alberto Diana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Denti della Vecchia getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Andreas Gilardi hit a great ball. When Denti della Vecchia's Sidonius Ziegler in the 38th minute got a chance for a shot 38th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Acilia Town's goalie prevented a goal. After some careless play in the Acilia Town defense, Owain Fossati kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Beppe Scannella. The Acilia Town fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Beppe Scannella should have stopped the shot. 42 minutes into the game, Denti della Vecchia's Sidonius Ziegler nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Beppe Scannella made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. A collision led to Denti della Vecchia getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Owain Fossati hit a great ball. Fausto Pinho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Armando Villa in the 46th minute of the match.

Acilia Town's Felice Burgnich was substituted for Aldo De Cesaris. In the 53rd match minute, Denti della Vecchia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andreas Gilardi to maneuver through the defense. If Aram Decimo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alessio Fortunato kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. Beppe Scannella showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sidonius Ziegler, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. In the 75th minute Alberto Diana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fausto Pinho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 75 minutes of play, Acilia Town's Alberto Diana made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fausto Pinho was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Armando Villa in the 77th minute of play forced Denti della Vecchia's goalkeeper Fausto Pinho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 85th minute of the match Acilia Town got a corner. Denti della Vecchia's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Alessandro Checchia ran over to the corner to take the kick. Alessandro Checchia made a great header on Acilia Town's corner, it was just that Denti della Vecchia's Fausto Pinho managed to reach the ball for a save. Acilia Town's Alessio Fortunato got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 91 minutes into the game, Acilia Town's Alessandro Checchia nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fausto Pinho made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. Sidonius Ziegler scored 3-3 in the 95th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Beppe Scannella, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Acilia Town succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Denti della Vecchia had controlled the match.