Official Cup

Beautiful Olga
Spectators: 509 (Terracing: 382, Seating: 117, VIP seats: 10) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Che Reale took the kick off in the first half of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cosimo Scevola during the 2nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Cristoforo Giacomini made an important save on a dangerous shot by Joeri Buys in the 3rd minute. AC Collins's Anselmo Scotti got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Gertjan van Damme kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. Leendert Borg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfredo Lemma in the 8th minute of the match. Cristoforo Giacomini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joeri Buys in the 9th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joeri Buys in the 16th minute of play forced AC Collins's goalkeeper Cristoforo Giacomini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Joeri Buys came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the Albertus FC 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 Joeri Buys couldn't finish the play. After 19 minutes, Alberigo Rosa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AC Collins and the Albertus FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 20th minute, Alberigo Rosa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Joeri Buys got free with Cristoforo Giacomini in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some careless play in the AC Collins defense, Joeri Buys kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cristoforo Giacomini. The AC Collins fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cristoforo Giacomini should have stopped the shot. Alfredo Lemma's late challenge caught a Albertus FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alfredo Lemma helped the player get up and apologised. In the 32nd match minute, AC Collins was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alfredo Lemma to maneuver through the defense. Joeri Buys could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Cristoforo Giacomini made a huge save. Alfredo Lemma received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Leendert Borg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cristoforo Giacomini took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christijan van Asseldonk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Leendert Borg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Che Reale, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cristoforo Giacomini made an important save on a dangerous shot by Joeri Buys in the 44th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jelle Zijden in the 46th minute of play forced AC Collins's goalkeeper Cristoforo Giacomini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Cristoforo Giacomini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joeri Buys, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Arrigo Di Luzio during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joeri Buys in the 63rd minute of play forced AC Collins's goalkeeper Cristoforo Giacomini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 68 minutes, Alfredo Lemma took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Leendert Borg to make any attempt to save it. AC Collins's Ferdinando Tamburrini was substituted for Carlo Martano. Cristoforo Giacomini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jelle Zijden, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Leendert Borg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Che Reale, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Anselmo Scotti charged in rather forcefully in the 77th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Anselmo Scotti the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 77th minute, Anselmo Scotti hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Albertus FC booed when AC Collins was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ferdinando Tamburrini didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Joeri Buys's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cristoforo Giacomini was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. A collision led to Albertus FC getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Jelle Zijden hit a great ball. Cristoforo Giacomini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jelle Zijden, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as AC Collins's Alfredo Lemma slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Leendert Borg. That made the score 2-2 after 86 minutes of play. If Ferdinando Tamburrini had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Neither team could find the winning goal during normal time. The second half finished 2-2. Extra-time would have to be played.

With new strength the players walked out on the field for the first half of overtime. Che Reale in AC Collins was the one to initiate the kick off. 99 minutes into the match, Che Reale notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of Albertus FC's Leendert Borg. Leendert Borg was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The AC Collins supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing AC Collins would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.