Prized/Friendly Cup

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Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Medero Gadea started the match with the kick off. Edin Džeko might have been able to make a better finish in the 3rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fedele Pocobello. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edin Džeko ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 3rd minute Edin Džeko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fedele Pocobello saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Torino F.C.'s zone, Medero Gadea stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fedele Pocobello came out of the goal and Medero Gadea tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Fedele Pocobello made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edin Džeko in the 12th minute of play. 17 minutes into the match, Medero Gadea had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fedele Pocobello. Torino F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Medero Gadea was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. 0-3 became the score in the 21st minute when Medero Gadea elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. If Edin Džeko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 24th play minutes Edin Džeko shot 0-4, a short shot which went by Fedele Pocobello and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 27th match minute, Torino F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Armando Giacomini to maneuver through the defense. Edin Džeko's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Fedele Pocobello read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 29th minute of play. A sloppy throw-in by Jiang Xiang Sheng in the 32nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Torino F.C.'s Cristoforo Giordano. An unexpectedly hard shot by Medero Gadea in the 34th minute of play forced Torino F.C.'s goalkeeper Fedele Pocobello to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The GeRaÇãO-83 fans' excitement grew in the 35th match minute when GeRaÇãO-83's Edin Džeko looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-5 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. If Edin Džeko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When the match clock showed 39 minutes, the score became 0-6 when Medero Gadea sped through Torino F.C.'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Fedele Pocobello. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-7.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ferdinando Tatangelo to make the kick off. In the 51st minute, Per-Oskar Ekgren 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. In the 53rd minute, GeRaÇãO-83's Edin Džeko ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Fedele Pocobello. Fedele Pocobello yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-8. If Medero Gadea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Edin Džeko did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-10 to the left of a surprised Fedele Pocobello 61 minutes into the match. Edin Džeko blasted a shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Fedele Pocobello having to make a save. Fedele Pocobello made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Edin Džeko sent off a good shot on target. After a defensive mix-up in Torino F.C.'s zone, Edin Džeko stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fedele Pocobello came out of the goal and Edin Džeko tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some careless play in the Torino F.C. defense, Edin Džeko kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fedele Pocobello. The Torino F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fedele Pocobello should have stopped the shot. Edin Džeko struck a weak shot in the 76th minute. Fedele Pocobello didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for GeRaÇãO-83. Edin Džeko might have been able to make a better finish in the 82nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fedele Pocobello. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edin Džeko ran back to his position shaking his head. Torino F.C.'s Fedele Pocobello proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Torino F.C. from getting a goal against them. In the 84th minute, GeRaÇãO-83's Edin Džeko ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Fedele Pocobello. Fedele Pocobello yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-14. Armando Giacomini charged in rather forcefully in the 87th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Armando Giacomini the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, GeRaÇãO-83's Edin Džeko got a free kick in the 90th minute. 94 minutes into the match, GeRaÇãO-83's Edin Džeko sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fedele Pocobello narrowly saved just below the crossbar. With a little luck, Torino F.C.'s Fedele Pocobello got control of the ball when Edin Džeko tried to sneak it across the goal line. GeRaÇãO-83's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.