Official Cup

TZ19 Elite Stadium
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Anthony Como started the match with the kick off. When Eurospeed Asti's Fausto Pinti 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 ⭐TZ19 Pro Team Esports⭐'s goalie prevented a goal. Ercole Scarpa made in the 4th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Eurospeed Asti's Ettore Masciarelli. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Fausto Pinti in the 5th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Cristiano Giusti prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a rather tough play, ⭐TZ19 Pro Team Esports⭐'s Ercole Scarpa got a free kick in the 7th minute. After 9th play minutes Fausto Pinti shot 0-1, a short shot which went by Cristiano Giusti and just under the crossbar into goal. Grant Irø kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. Elia Pietrantoni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Cristiano Giusti tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fausto Pinti might have been able to make a better finish in the 16th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Cristiano Giusti. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Fausto Pinti ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fausto Pinti in the 16th minute of play forced ⭐TZ19 Pro Team Esports⭐'s goalkeeper Cristiano Giusti to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristiano Giusti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elia Pietrantoni, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Cristiano Giusti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fausto Pinti in the 20th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in ⭐TZ19 Pro Team Esports⭐'s zone, Fausto Pinti stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cristiano Giusti came out of the goal and Fausto Pinti tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Cristiano Giusti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elia Pietrantoni, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. After having played for 25 minutes, Edward Barr managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Eurospeed Asti's supporters crossed their fingers, but Edward Barr was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The Eurospeed Asti fans' excitement grew in the 27th match minute when Eurospeed Asti's Fausto Pinti 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 0-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The audience was convinced that Fausto Pinti's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cristiano Giusti was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. 31 minutes into the game, Ercole Scarpa threw the ball into play from the sideline. Eurospeed Asti's Iosif Gherase quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. The supporters of ⭐TZ19 Pro Team Esports⭐ booed when Eurospeed Asti was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antonello Tofani didn't get a good kick on the ball. 35 minutes into the match, Fausto Pinti had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cristiano Giusti. ⭐TZ19 Pro Team Esports⭐'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fausto Pinti was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. The Eurospeed Asti fans' excitement grew in the 38th match minute when Eurospeed Asti's Fausto Pinti 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 0-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Cristiano Giusti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fausto Pinti, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Cristiano Giusti made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fausto Pinti in the 44th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Fausto Pinti made a kick off. Through an outstanding action, after 51 minutes, Cristiano Giusti successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Elia Pietrantoni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Cristiano Giusti tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fausto Pinti in the 58th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cristiano Giusti saved ⭐TZ19 Pro Team Esports⭐ from getting behind. In the 61st minute of the match Eurospeed Asti got a corner. ⭐TZ19 Pro Team Esports⭐'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ettore Masciarelli ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Ettore Masciarelli got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Cristiano Giusti quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Elia Pietrantoni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Cristiano Giusti tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 64th minute, Fabiano Carbonaro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cristiano Giusti didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Eurospeed Asti's Fausto Pinti shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-6 in the ordered_time% minute. Fausto Pinti might have been able to make a better finish in the 72nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Cristiano Giusti. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Fausto Pinti ran back to his position shaking his head. Cristiano Giusti took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fausto Pinti, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the ⭐TZ19 Pro Team Esports⭐ defense, Fausto Pinti kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cristiano Giusti. The ⭐TZ19 Pro Team Esports⭐ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cristiano Giusti should have stopped the shot. Eurospeed Asti's Antonello Tofani quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Ercole Scarpa, made in the 80th minute of the game. In the 81stth minute of the game Fausto Pinti who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ⭐TZ19 Pro Team Esports⭐'s Cristiano Giusti was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Fausto Pinti blasted a shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cristiano Giusti having to make a save. Fausto Pinti struck a weak shot in the 84th minute. Cristiano Giusti didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Eurospeed Asti. If Fausto Pinti had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 87 minutes into the match, ⭐TZ19 Pro Team Esports⭐'s goal looked a bit too open when Fausto Pinti came free, but Cristiano Giusti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match clock showed 91 minutes, the score became 0-10 when Fausto Pinti sped through ⭐TZ19 Pro Team Esports⭐'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Cristiano Giusti. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fausto Pinti in the 95th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cristiano Giusti saved ⭐TZ19 Pro Team Esports⭐ from getting behind. When the match was over Eurospeed Asti could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than ⭐TZ19 Pro Team Esports⭐ throughout the match.