Official Cup

Bobby Moore Stadium
Spectators: 157 (Terracing: 118, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Michail Antonio started the match with the kick off. Elia Mascitti hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. After recieving a nice pass, Elizabeth Three Lions FC's Cvetin Luković tried to score from far away in the 3rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 5th play minute Michail Antonio came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Aurelio Di Lullo. 1-0. Aurelio Di Lullo was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Michail Antonio showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 9 minute of play. Aurelio Di Lullo came out of the goal in the 12th minute to try and stop a shot by Elizabeth Three Lions FC's Michail Antonio. But to his dismay, Michail Antonio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Aurelio Di Lullo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ed Moore, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Richard Scholten kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Aurelio Di Lullo. That made the score 4-0 in the 17 minute of play. Ed Moore received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Aurelio Di Lullo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 22 minutes, Richard Scholten took a quick shot and it went in 5-0 without a chance for Aurelio Di Lullo to make any attempt to save it. When Michail Antonio came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the Elizabeth Three Lions 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 Michail Antonio couldn't finish the play. Aurelio Di Lullo was a little too slow when Richard Scholten got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 26th minute. The score was now 6-0. Aurelio Di Lullo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Dragnev in the 29th minute of play. Aurelio Di Lullo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cvetin Luković in the 30th minute of play. 34 minutes into the game, Elizabeth Three Lions FC's Michail Antonio nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Aurelio Di Lullo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 8-0. Valdieri's defense didn't have a chance, in the 40th minute, when Michail Antonio scored to the left of an out of position Aurelio Di Lullo, making the score, 9-0. Aurelio Di Lullo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ed Moore in the 43rd minute of play. Richard Scholten could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Aurelio Di Lullo made a huge save. In the 46th minute, Elizabeth Three Lions FC's Michail Antonio ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Aurelio Di Lullo. Aurelio Di Lullo yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 10-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 10-0.

Elizabeth Three Lions FC made a substitution. Galin Nikov replaced Cvetin Luković. The wind increased when Attilio Fortunato made the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Galin Nikov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aurelio Di Lullo was frozen by the shot and now it was 11-0. Aurelio Di Lullo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Richard Scholten went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 12-0 was the resulting score. Aurelio Di Lullo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Galin Nikov in the 62nd minute of the match. Aurelio Di Lullo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Richard Scholten, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. 64 minutes into the game, Elizabeth Three Lions FC's Michail Antonio nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Aurelio Di Lullo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 13-0. Ed Moore took the ball and in the 71 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aurelio Di Lullo. Aurelio Di Lullo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 15-0. Galin Nikov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Galin Nikov in the 76th minute of play forced Valdieri's goalkeeper Aurelio Di Lullo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 77 minutes in the game, Galin Nikov dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. Aurelio Di Lullo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Michail Antonio went, in the 77th minute, to the upper right corner, 16-0 was the resulting score. After having played for 81 minutes, Richard Scholten managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Elizabeth Three Lions FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Richard Scholten was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Aurelio Di Lullo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Galin Nikov, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. 83 minutes into the game, Elizabeth Three Lions FC's Michail Antonio nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Aurelio Di Lullo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 17-0. 88 minutes into the match, Richard Scholten notched a goal, 18-0, to the right of Valdieri's Aurelio Di Lullo. Aurelio Di Lullo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Aurelio Di Lullo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Galin Nikov, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. When Elizabeth Three Lions FC's Galin Nikov, in the 95th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Elizabeth Three Lions FC. Valdieri's Aurelio Di Lullo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Richard Scholten in the 98th minute of play. Elizabeth Three Lions FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.