Official Cup

TOP ONE Drome
Spectators: 432 (Terracing: 325, Seating: 99, VIP seats: 8) São Paulo Futebol Clube's Gordon Haas 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. A collision led to TOP ONE getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Ercole Cinalli hit a great ball. After 5 minutes of play, São Paulo Futebol Clube's Mel Ford made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eraldo Marongiu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Frank Atwood's late challenge caught a TOP ONE's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Frank Atwood helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, São Paulo Futebol Clube's Frank Atwood got a free kick in the 7th minute. Eraldo Marongiu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gordon Haas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Enrico Zuccarini kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. Drew Shultz was out of position in the 22 minute of play, and Felice Della Torre capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Felice Della Torre really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. Eraldo Marongiu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mel Ford in the 26th minute of the match. Eraldo Marongiu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gordon Haas in the 29th minute of the match. Drew Shultz made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Comunardo Petrocchi sent off a good shot on target. In the 36th minute Kirby Waller shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eraldo Marongiu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Drew Shultz made a fantastic save in the 38th minute, when Ercole Cinalli sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, São Paulo Futebol Clube's Mel Ford got a free kick in the 38th minute. In the 39th minute Comunardo Petrocchi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Drew Shultz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Drew Shultz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ercole Cinalli in the 42nd minute of play. São Paulo Futebol Clube's Drew Shultz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 44th minute of the match, managed to save São Paulo Futebol Clube from getting a goal against them. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

In the 56th match minute, São Paulo Futebol Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gregg Benjamin to maneuver through the defense. Drew Shultz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ercole Cinalli, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. In the 62nd match minute, São Paulo Futebol Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Frank Atwood to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ercole Cinalli in the 64th minute of play forced São Paulo Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Drew Shultz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee felt a red card was in order, 67 minutes into the game, when Amerigo Corelli put in a rough tackle. In the 66th minute, one of TOP ONE:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for TOP ONE. In the 72nd play minute Mel Ford came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Eraldo Marongiu. 1-2. Eraldo Marongiu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gordon Haas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ercole Cinalli in the 87th minute of play forced São Paulo Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Drew Shultz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 91st minute Ercole Cinalli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Drew Shultz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 91 played minutes São Paulo Futebol Clube got a freekick which was hit by Kirby Waller. Drew Shultz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ercole Cinalli in the 93rd minute of play.

São Paulo Futebol Clube were delighted with the way they had won the match. They had held their defensive line well and made the most of their chances, to claim a victory over TOP ONE's much stronger midfield.