Official Cup

De Sanctis Montenero
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Antonello Venditti kicked off to start the match. Frank Rago might have been able to make a better finish in the 2nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Emanuele Cannata. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Frank Rago ran back to his position shaking his head. Emanuele Cannata showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fulvio Di Crescenzo, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Arrigo Del Grosso stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Anfilogino Di Martino's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. Emanuele Cannata made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fortunato Malvezzi in the 19th minute of play. Anfilogino Di Martino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Arrigo Del Grosso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Anfilogino Di Martino got free with Arrigo Del Grosso in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Emanuele Cannata didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fortunato Malvezzi went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Antonello Venditti received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Arrigo Del Grosso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Antonello Venditti could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Arrigo Del Grosso made a huge save. 41 minutes into the match, Antonello Venditti had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Arrigo Del Grosso. Duri come il marmo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Antonello Venditti was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. In the 44th minute, Ali Behzat Geay hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fulvio Di Crescenzo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emanuele Cannata having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fulvio Di Crescenzo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Emanuele Cannata was out of position in the 51 minute of play, and Fortunato Malvezzi capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Fortunato Malvezzi really showed his touch with that goal: 1-4. In the 55th minute, Frank Rago hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Fulvio Di Crescenzo put it in 1-5 from a short distance just to the right of Emanuele Cannata. Arrigo Del Grosso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antonello Venditti in the 62nd minute of play. Emanuele Cannata came out of the goal in the 63rd minute to try and stop a shot by Duri come il marmo's Fortunato Malvezzi. But to his dismay, Fortunato Malvezzi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-6. The supporters of Black Mount™ booed when Duri come il marmo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fulvio Di Crescenzo didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Duri come il marmo's Fulvio Di Crescenzo got a free kick in the 68th minute. Anfilogino Giammarino kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. 72 minutes into the game, Antonello Venditti cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-6. Arrigo Del Grosso was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After some careless play in the Duri come il marmo defense, Antonello Venditti kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arrigo Del Grosso. The Duri come il marmo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arrigo Del Grosso should have stopped the shot. The crowd rose to their feet as Duri come il marmo's Fortunato Malvezzi slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Emanuele Cannata. That made the score 3-7 after 85 minutes of play. Fortunato Malvezzi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emanuele Cannata having to interfere. The Duri come il marmo players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.