Official Cup

Stadio Montesacro
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Bernardo Garofoli kicked off to start the match. After 3 minutes, Bianco Munno mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Montechiarugolo AFC and the Talenti Roma Calcio players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 3rd minute, Bianco Munno hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ettore Paris showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Francesco Giorgi, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. In the 15th minute, Emilio Raiola hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Montechiarugolo AFC getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Camillo Di Bartolo hit a great ball. A collision led to Talenti Roma Calcio getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Amedeo Epifani hit a great ball. Ettore Paris showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Francesco Giorgi, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. In the 24th match minute, Talenti Roma Calcio was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emilio Raiola to maneuver through the defense. In the 25th minute, Talenti Roma Calcio's Bernardo Garofoli dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Bernardo Garofoli sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 32nd minute Elia Finocchi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adriano Causio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 34th minute, Bernardo Garofoli managed to get in a good position for a shot. Talenti Roma Calcio's supporters rose to their feet, but Bernardo Garofoli was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ettore Paris breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that Carlo Musso's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ettore Paris was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. Ettore Paris took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Francesco Giorgi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Camillo Di Bartolo fell near the penalty area in the 38th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Montechiarugolo AFC's protests and gave Camillo Di Bartolo a yellow card for diving instead. Camillo Di Bartolo hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. In the 40th minute, Bernardo Garofoli made a precise shot to the right of Ettore Paris. Montechiarugolo AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Carlo Musso received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ettore Paris came out and tried to block the shot, but Carlo Musso slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 45th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

Talenti Roma Calcio's Dario Orioli was substituted for Amedeo Epifani. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Elia Finocchi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 58th match minute, Talenti Roma Calcio was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ettore Pietrini to maneuver through the defense. In the 61st minute, Bernardo Garofoli left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Talenti Roma Calcio fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. Carlo Musso might have been able to make a better finish in the 68th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ettore Paris. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Carlo Musso ran back to his position shaking his head. Emilio Pietrangelo hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. Ettore Paris took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cesare Vanni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Eraldo De Cristofaro fell near the penalty area in the 76th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Montechiarugolo AFC's protests and gave Eraldo De Cristofaro a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Montechiarugolo AFC getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Eraldo De Cristofaro hit a great ball. Ettore Paris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bernardo Garofoli in the 84th minute of play. Elia Finocchi charged in rather forcefully in the 85th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Elia Finocchi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 85 played minutes Montechiarugolo AFC got a freekick which was hit by Elia Finocchi. Achille De Felice's late challenge caught a Talenti Roma Calcio's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Achille De Felice helped the player get up and apologised. Achille De Felice hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Emilio Raiola took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 88th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ettore Paris. Montechiarugolo AFC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Talenti Roma Calcio were furious when Cosimo Genta was red carded, 90 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. If Francesco Giorgi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 99th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Talenti Roma Calcio were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Montechiarugolo AFC for a fine match.