Official Cup

Stadio Cibali
Spectators: 190 (Terracing: 143, Seating: 44, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Fabio Anzolin kicked off to start the match. After 4 minutes, Ettore Graziani mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Supremacy Catania FC and the Eurospeed Asti players grew even worse after the yellow card. Biagio Di Matteo kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. Ettore Graziani sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Supremacy Catania FC's Anthony Di Sipio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Florian Morini in the 18th minute of play. In the 21st minute Fabio Anzolin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anthony Di Sipio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 22nd minute, Supremacy Catania FC's Ettore Graziani dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabio Anzolin in the 30th minute of play forced Supremacy Catania FC's goalkeeper Anthony Di Sipio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 32 minutes into the match, Eurospeed Asti's goalkeeper Alex Ucci had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Biagio Di Matteo. In the 43rd minute, Ermanno Renzi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 44th minute of the match Diego Arioli shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Alex Ucci showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Alex Ucci made an important save on a dangerous shot by Biagio Di Matteo in the 46th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Eurospeed Asti's zone, Felice Lancia stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alex Ucci came out of the goal and Felice Lancia tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Felice Lancia was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd match minute, Supremacy Catania FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ciccio Celli to maneuver through the defense. Alberto Luciano took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 53rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Anthony Di Sipio. Supremacy Catania FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 57th minute Ettore Graziani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alex Ucci saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Federico Gatti charged in rather forcefully in the 62nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Federico Gatti the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 62nd match minute, Eurospeed Asti was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Federico Gatti to maneuver through the defense. 63 minutes into the match, Eurospeed Asti's goal looked a bit too open when Felice Lancia came free, but Alex Ucci reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Ettore Graziani's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alex Ucci was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. Alex Ucci took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felice Lancia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Supremacy Catania FC's Felice Lancia got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 73rd minute, Supremacy Catania FC's Enzo Di Marzio seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Enzo Di Marzio the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Supremacy Catania FC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Enzo Di Marzio had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Diego Gambini kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Ettore Graziani's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alex Ucci was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. In the 81st minute, Ettore Vulcano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With an all-out effort, Eurospeed Asti's Anthony Di Sipio threw himself towards the right post 82 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Florian Morini, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Eurospeed Asti's Alex Ucci played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ettore Graziani in the 86th minute of play. Eurospeed Asti's Alex Ucci played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ettore Graziani in the 90th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Florian Morini in the 92nd minute of play forced Supremacy Catania FC's goalkeeper Anthony Di Sipio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 94 played minutes Supremacy Catania FC got a freekick which was hit by Felice Lancia. Supremacy Catania FC's Anthony Di Sipio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Florian Morini in the 98th minute of play. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.