Official Cup

San Mauro A Mare
Spectators: 496 (Terracing: 373, Seating: 114, VIP seats: 9) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Alex Orsi made the kick off which started today's match. Rogério Mitovski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Engin Akbatu in the 2nd minute of play. When - HULKAS -'s Engin Akbatu in the 3rd minute got a chance for a shot 3rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye San Mauro A Mare FC's goalie prevented a goal. Trey Cai hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. - HULKAS -'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 7th minute, when Alex Orsi scored to the left of an out of position Ke Qi, making the score, 1-0. - HULKAS -'s Franz Corral managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Fan Liang Chong in the 9 minute of the game. Ke Qi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alex Orsi went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. In the 16th minute Engin Akbatu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rogério Mitovski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 19th minute of the match - HULKAS - got a corner. San Mauro A Mare FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Lin Shu ran over to the corner to take the kick. San Mauro A Mare FC's Rogério Mitovski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Franz Corral in the 22nd minute of play. Rogério Mitovski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Franz Corral, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. The audience was convinced that Engin Akbatu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rogério Mitovski was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Engin Akbatu in the 39th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rogério Mitovski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Rogério Mitovski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sepo Luts, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 46th match minute, San Mauro A Mare FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcus Hastings to maneuver through the defense. - HULKAS -'s Lin Shu couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 46th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for San Mauro A Mare FC. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Engin Akbatu made a kick off. In the 60th minute the ball was on its way in behind - HULKAS -'s goalkeeper Ke Qi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 61 minutes into the match, San Mauro A Mare FC's goal looked a bit too open when Engin Akbatu came free, but Rogério Mitovski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Engin Akbatu got free with Rogério Mitovski in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 64th match minute, San Mauro A Mare FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fan Liang Chong to maneuver through the defense. San Mauro A Mare FC's Tony Rosa was substituted for Trey Cai. San Mauro A Mare FC made a substitution. Levent Hicran replaced Alex Orsi. - HULKAS - made a substitution. Florin Răducioiu replaced Sepo Luts. Rogério Mitovski was a little too slow when Engin Akbatu got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 68th minute. The score was now 2-2. In the 71stth minute of the game Engin Akbatu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but San Mauro A Mare FC's Rogério Mitovski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Florin Răducioiu kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Rogério Mitovski. That made the score 2-3 in the 76 minute of play. 84 minutes had been played when some careless play by - HULKAS -'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dinu Dobre was slow to take the kick. During this time San Mauro A Mare FC's players had a chance to rest. Dinu Dobre made a great header on San Mauro A Mare FC's corner, it was just that - HULKAS -'s Ke Qi managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 91st minute Levent Hicran shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ke Qi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 93 minutes into the game, Tony Rosa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-3. Ke Qi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.

After the break the players went out on the field to play the first half of overtime with revived energy in their legs. San Mauro A Mare FC's Levent Hicran started the play with the initial kick off. Rogério Mitovski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Florin Răducioiu's shot from short distance in the 102nd minute. Franz Corral hit a great freekick 103 minutes into the match. Ke Qi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dinu Dobre, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. - HULKAS -'s Ke Qi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dinu Dobre in the 111th minute of play. If Lin Shu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 112th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The players still looked rather fresh even though it was time for second half of the overtime. Florin Răducioiu did a quick kick off. Rogério Mitovski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florin Răducioiu in the 117th minute of the match. In the 122nd minute, - HULKAS -'s Florin Răducioiu dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-4.