Official Cup

Santoryu Stadium
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Peter Crouch started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Santoryu FC's Ercole Carnevale played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Peter Crouch in the 3rd minute of play. Ercole Carnevale made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Peter Crouch in the 6th minute of play. Ercole Carnevale didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Peter Crouch went, in the 7th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 10th minute, Peter Crouch made a precise shot to the right of Ercole Carnevale. Santoryu FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. In the 14th minute, Peter Crouch made a precise shot to the right of Ercole Carnevale. Santoryu FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. 17 minutes into the match, Peter Crouch notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Santoryu FC's Ercole Carnevale. Ercole Carnevale was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Peter Crouch had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 25 minutes into the match, ZORZAL01's goal looked a bit too open when Cesare Romano came free, but Qin Fan Sheng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 30 minutes in the game Flavio Facchini did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Amerigo Minicucci. In the 38th minute Santoryu FC were awarded a corner. Andrea Muciaccia went to the cornerflag to take it. Santoryu FC's Andrea Muciaccia was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Qin Fan Sheng in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Peter Crouch scored 0-5 in the 40th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ercole Carnevale, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After the first half ZORZAL01 were leading 0-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

54 minutes into the match, ZORZAL01's goal looked a bit too open when Cesare Romano came free, but Qin Fan Sheng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Peter Crouch had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ercole Carnevale made an important save on a dangerous shot by Peter Crouch in the 57th minute. When ZORZAL01's Peter Crouch in the 58th minute got a chance for a shot 58th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Santoryu FC's goalie prevented a goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Peter Crouch in the 62nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ercole Carnevale saved Santoryu FC from getting behind. The crowd rose to their feet as ZORZAL01's Peter Crouch slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ercole Carnevale. That made the score 0-6 after 64 minutes of play. Santoryu FC's Frank Andreassi was substituted for Andrea Muciaccia. Qin Fan Sheng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dennis Nero in the 72nd minute of the match. Peter Crouch did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-8 to the left of a surprised Ercole Carnevale 73 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Peter Crouch in the 77th minute of play forced Santoryu FC's goalkeeper Ercole Carnevale to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, ZORZAL01's Neville Garner got a free kick in the 83rd minute. When the match clock showed 83 minutes, the score became 1-9 when Dennis Nero sped through ZORZAL01's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Qin Fan Sheng. In the 86th minute, Peter Crouch got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 89 played minutes ZORZAL01 got a freekick which was hit by Peter Crouch. Peter Crouch struck a weak shot in the 92nd minute. Ercole Carnevale didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ZORZAL01. The ZORZAL01 players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.