League

Wordsley Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) After some fancy dribbling in the 5th minute, David Gettins managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC ZUPANY's supporters rose to their feet, but David Gettins was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fedele Scutti breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Leon Hudson hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Will Hotte in the 10th minute of play forced FC ZUPANY's goalkeeper Paddy Carpenter to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 10 minutes, Doug West mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC ZUPANY and the Atletico Roma players grew even worse after the yellow card. Paddy Carpenter showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leon Hudson in the 11th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Leon Hudson in the 12th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Paddy Carpenter saved FC ZUPANY from getting behind. The referee felt a red card was in order, 14 minutes into the game, when Joshua Bullard put in a rough tackle. After 20 played minutes Atletico Roma got a freekick which was hit by Will Hotte. In the 23rd minute, Will Hotte made a precise shot to the right of Paddy Carpenter. FC ZUPANY's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Andre Pollard in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Paddy Carpenter saved FC ZUPANY from getting behind. In the 33rd minute, Jasper Rawson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. FC ZUPANY's Paddy Carpenter played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Will Hotte in the 34th minute of play. When Atletico Roma's Andre Pollard in the 45th minute got a chance for a shot 45th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC ZUPANY's goalie prevented a goal. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Andre Pollard fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paddy Carpenter having to interfere. Austen Lambert kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. An unexpected shot in the 59th minute by Jeff Lennon got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 61 minutes into the match, Will Hotte had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Paddy Carpenter. FC ZUPANY's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Will Hotte was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. FC ZUPANY's Jasper Rawson got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Will Hotte recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 66th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jo Zamora got free with Paddy Carpenter in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Will Hotte could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Paddy Carpenter made a huge save. Will Hotte did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-4 to the left of a surprised Paddy Carpenter 74 minutes into the match. Will Hotte's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 81stth minute, Paddy Carpenter skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. With a little luck, FC ZUPANY's Paddy Carpenter got control of the ball when Will Hotte tried to sneak it across the goal line. 87 minutes into the match, Atletico Roma's goal looked a bit too open when David Gettins came free, but Fedele Scutti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jo Zamora's late challenge caught a FC ZUPANY's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jo Zamora helped the player get up and apologised. In the 88th match minute, Atletico Roma was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jo Zamora to maneuver through the defense. Will Hotte's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Paddy Carpenter firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 94th minute Andre Pollard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paddy Carpenter saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Atletico Roma played a much better game than FC ZUPANY and deserved their victory. The FC ZUPANY players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.