Official Cup

MPC
Spectators: 7587 (Terracing: 5696, Seating: 1746, VIP seats: 145) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Fausto Vaiani started the match with the kick off. Syd Ely took the ball and in the 2 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eugenio Ricciuti. Eugenio Ricciuti dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Angelo Melani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maxime Kockaerts, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 22 minutes of play, Whity Pool United's Charis Vlastaras made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eugenio Ricciuti was left in no man's land by his defense there! Whity Pool United's Angelo Melani proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save Whity Pool United from getting a goal against them. Eugenio Ricciuti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stevie Moore, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Fausto Vaiani could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Angelo Melani made a huge save. Angelo Melani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maxime Kockaerts, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Eugenio Ricciuti made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Charis Vlastaras in the 32nd minute of play. In the 40th minute of the match, Fausto Vaiani tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Angelo Melani saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Eugenio Ricciuti took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Charis Vlastaras, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Angelo Melani was a little too slow when Maxime Kockaerts got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 44th minute. The score was now 1-2. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Charis Vlastaras was the one to do the kick off. With an all-out effort, Whity Pool United's Eugenio Ricciuti threw himself towards the right post 51 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Charis Vlastaras, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Angelo Melani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Felix Augustin, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Eugenio Ricciuti took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Charis Vlastaras, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eugenio Ricciuti made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Syd Ely sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fausto Vaiani in the 58th minute of play forced Whity Pool United's goalkeeper Angelo Melani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 61 played minutes MPC got a freekick which was hit by Ahmet Boran Candaner. In the 66th minute, Syd Ely ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eugenio Ricciuti was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. Whity Pool United made a substitution. Stan Wilson replaced Daniel Jenkins. Eugenio Ricciuti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Waclaw Kaczanek in the 71st minute of the match. Eugenio Ricciuti made an important save on a dangerous shot by Waclaw Kaczanek in the 73rd minute. Eugenio Ricciuti made an important save on a dangerous shot by Syd Ely in the 75th minute. MPC's Eugenio Ricciuti played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Charis Vlastaras in the 77th minute of play. In the 79th minute Whity Pool United were awarded a corner. Henry Soussan went to the cornerflag to take it. Whity Pool United's Henry Soussan was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Eugenio Ricciuti in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Eugenio Ricciuti took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Charis Vlastaras, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. MPC's Eugenio Ricciuti played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Charis Vlastaras in the 82nd minute of play. A collision led to MPC getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Şener Parsbay hit a great ball. 87 minutes into the game, Syd Ely cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Eugenio Ricciuti was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Syd Ely kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. Angelo Melani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fausto Vaiani in the 94th minute of play.

Whity Pool United's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.