Official Cup

Asti Stadium
Spectators: 156 (Terracing: 117, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Fausto Pinti kicked off to start the match. Bertel Methling sent away a hard shot on goal in the 2nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 5th minute Franck Parfelt 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. Damiano Battisti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Franck Parfelt in the 5th minute of the match. In the 7th minute, Bertel Methling ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Damiano Battisti was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Fausto Pinti in the 14th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Wladimir Vinthen prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 19thth minute of the game Fausto Pinti who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but The Potters's Wladimir Vinthen was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 20th minute Elia Pietrantoni shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wladimir Vinthen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Wladimir Vinthen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fausto Pinti in the 21st minute of the match. In the 25th minute, Fausto Pinti reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Wladimir Vinthen. The goal made the score 1-1. The audience was convinced that Fausto Pinti's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Wladimir Vinthen was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fausto Pinti in the 31st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Wladimir Vinthen saved The Potters from getting behind. Eurospeed Asti's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ettore Masciarelli in the 33rd minute. Eurospeed Asti's Ettore Masciarelli was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Wladimir Vinthen in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Damiano Battisti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bertel Methling, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. The Potters's Wladimir Vinthen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fausto Pinti in the 40th minute of play. Damiano Battisti took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luca Langoni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Antonello Tofani was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 47 minutes into the match. In the 47th minute, one of Eurospeed Asti: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 Eurospeed Asti. Luca Langoni did an outstanding performance 50 minutes into the match, when he by himself got past the opposing team's defense and with a quick scored 1-2 to the right of an irritated Damiano Battisti in the goal. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The Potters made a substitution. Stephen Schledermann replaced Tommy Rueløkke. The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Luca Langoni to strike the kick off in the second half. Grant Irø received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Wladimir Vinthen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Amedeo Moriggi charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Amedeo Moriggi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A hard shot 61 in the game by Bertel Methling from a close distance when the talented Damiano Battisti managed to make a qualified save. Eurospeed Asti's players were relieved. 61 minutes into the game, Bertel Methling lined in a short shot 1-3 behind a frustrated Damiano Battisti. Mehmet Bilge Bozoğlu came free with the goalkeeper in the 67th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Damiano Battisti could save by the left post. 70 minutes into the match, The Potters's goal looked a bit too open when Elia Pietrantoni came free, but Wladimir Vinthen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wladimir Vinthen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fausto Pinti, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bertel Methling got free with Damiano Battisti in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Wladimir Vinthen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grant Irø, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. The Potters were awarded a corner in the 77th minute after Eurospeed Asti's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Stephen Schledermann took the corner. Wladimir Vinthen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fausto Pinti, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 81 minutes into the match, Eurospeed Asti's goalkeeper Damiano Battisti had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luca Langoni. Luca Langoni hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Mehmet Bilge Bozoğlu kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fausto Pinti in the 95th minute of play forced The Potters's goalkeeper Wladimir Vinthen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Damiano Battisti made an important save on a dangerous shot by Luca Langoni in the 99th minute. Damiano Battisti made an important save on a dangerous shot by Luca Langoni in the 100th minute. When the match was over The Potters could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Eurospeed Asti throughout the match.