Official Cup

A.S. Trastevere
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Henry Hamberg kicked off to start the match. 2 minutes into the game, Lunatics of Arianrhod's Henry Hamberg nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Corrado Biscotti made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Eugenio Manfredi made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Filippo Di Franco sent off a good shot on target. Lunatics of Arianrhod's Eugenio Manfredi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save Lunatics of Arianrhod from getting a goal against them. In the 12th match minute, A.S. Trastevere was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christian De Sanctis to maneuver through the defense. In the 14th minute the ball was on its way in behind A.S. Trastevere's goalkeeper Corrado Biscotti, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 16 minutes into the match, A.S. Trastevere's goal looked a bit too open when Henry Hamberg came free, but Corrado Biscotti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 18th match minute, A.S. Trastevere was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felice Raiola to maneuver through the defense. 19 minutes into the match, A.S. Trastevere's goal looked a bit too open when Henry Hamberg came free, but Corrado Biscotti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Corrado Biscotti took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Henry Hamberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Corrado Biscotti stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Fedele Panza's shot from short distance in the 29th minute. Corrado Biscotti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Henry Hamberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. In the 31st minute, Henry Hamberg ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Corrado Biscotti was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Corrado Biscotti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fedele Panza, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Hibai in the 41st minute of play forced A.S. Trastevere's goalkeeper Corrado Biscotti to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filippo Pugliese in the 44th minute of play forced Lunatics of Arianrhod's goalkeeper Eugenio Manfredi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Lunatics of Arianrhod's Eugenio Manfredi got control of the ball when Filippo Di Franco tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 46th minute, Filippo Avesani hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Filippo Pugliese stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 52 played minutes Lunatics of Arianrhod got a freekick which was hit by Johan Ström. The audience thought a goal was coming when Joel Hibai got free with Corrado Biscotti in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 59th minute, Dadá Rossi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 60 played minutes, A.S. Trastevere's Daniele De Rossi shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Eugenio Manfredi came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in A.S. Trastevere reached it. 64 minutes had been played when some careless play by Lunatics of Arianrhod's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniele De Rossi was slow to take the kick. During this time A.S. Trastevere's players had a chance to rest. Daniele De Rossi made a great header on A.S. Trastevere's corner, it was just that Lunatics of Arianrhod's Eugenio Manfredi managed to reach the ball for a save. Filippo Di Franco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Eugenio Manfredi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Lunatics of Arianrhod's Fedele Panza slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Corrado Biscotti. That made the score 0-3 after 75 minutes of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Joel Hibai got free with Corrado Biscotti in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 85th minute Fedele Panza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Corrado Biscotti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lunatics of Arianrhod's Eugenio Manfredi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filippo Pugliese in the 88th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Joel Hibai got free with Corrado Biscotti in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Joel Hibai could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Corrado Biscotti made a huge save. After a defensive mix-up in Lunatics of Arianrhod's zone, Gergin Muchanov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eugenio Manfredi came out of the goal and Gergin Muchanov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A.S. Trastevere made a substitution. Ernesto Marrone replaced Carlo Graziano. Lunatics of Arianrhod played a much better game than A.S. Trastevere and deserved their victory. The A.S. Trastevere players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.