Official Cup

Blue Eagles Stadium
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ettore Aversano made the kick off which started today's match. Davide Preda charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Davide Preda the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 7th match minute, PowerHawKings was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Davide Preda to maneuver through the defense. Alex Ruggeri made an important save on a dangerous shot by Demetrio Mazzocchetti in the 8th minute. After a defensive mix-up in PowerHawKings's zone, Armando Gargano stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alex Ruggeri came out of the goal and Armando Gargano tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 16 minutes into the match, PowerHawKings's goal looked a bit too open when Armando Gargano came free, but Alex Ruggeri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 20 minutes into the match, Alvise Di Berardino had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fabiano Ciraci. GiaSiRo 08's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alvise Di Berardino was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After 23 minutes of play, PowerHawKings's Emiliano Cesaroni made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fabiano Ciraci was left in no man's land by his defense there! Alex Ruggeri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edmondo Bevilacqua, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 32 minutes into the game, Frank Ciraci cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Fabiano Ciraci was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Fabiano Ciraci showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emiliano Cesaroni, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. When Teodor Cociu fell near the penalty area in the 45th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored GiaSiRo 08's protests and gave Teodor Cociu a yellow card for diving instead. In the 46th match minute, GiaSiRo 08 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teodor Cociu to maneuver through the defense. In the 46th minute of the match Alvise Di Berardino shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Fabiano Ciraci showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Demetrio Mazzocchetti stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Demetrio Mazzocchetti's late challenge caught a PowerHawKings's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Demetrio Mazzocchetti helped the player get up and apologised. Ettore Aversano in the 55thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Fabiano Ciraci, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After 57 played minutes GiaSiRo 08 got a freekick which was hit by Fabio Costacurta. After 59 played minutes GiaSiRo 08 got a freekick which was hit by Fabio Costacurta. In the 67th minute Francesco Cabrini shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alex Ruggeri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alex Ruggeri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Francesco Cabrini, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alex Ruggeri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Francesco Cabrini in the 72nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Demetrio Mazzocchetti in the 74th minute of play forced PowerHawKings's goalkeeper Alex Ruggeri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alex Ruggeri came out of the goal in the 78th minute to try and stop a shot by GiaSiRo 08's Francesco Cabrini. But to his dismay, Francesco Cabrini quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-5. Fabiano Ciraci came out of the goal in the 84th minute to try and stop a shot by PowerHawKings's Ettore Aversano. But to his dismay, Ettore Aversano quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-6. 89 minutes into the match, Demetrio Mazzocchetti had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alex Ruggeri. PowerHawKings's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Demetrio Mazzocchetti was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-6. After 94 played minutes GiaSiRo 08 got a freekick which was hit by Jiang Liang. Fabiano Ciraci made a fantastic save in the 94th minute, when Ettore Aversano sent off a good shot on target. PowerHawKings's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.