Official Cup

Merceron Arena
Spectators: 158 (Terracing: 119, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Alex De Toni took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, Merceron United's Alex De Toni got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Cristoforo Iacomini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Attilio Mammarella in the 5th minute of play. In the 7th match minute, Zurlo Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabio Colantonio to maneuver through the defense. Zurlo Team's Fausto Silvestre got a good chance for a goal in the 15th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 16th minute, Attilio Mammarella ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cristoforo Iacomini was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ennio Guidoni in the 26th minute of play forced Zurlo Team's goalkeeper Antonello Bosso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 27 minutes into the match, Attilio Mammarella had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cristoforo Iacomini. Merceron United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Attilio Mammarella was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Cristoforo Iacomini came out of the goal in the 31st minute to try and stop a shot by Zurlo Team's Wasyl Misiorowski. But to his dismay, Wasyl Misiorowski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. Cristoforo Iacomini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wasyl Misiorowski in the 36th minute of play. Cristoforo Iacomini stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Wasyl Misiorowski's shot from short distance in the 38th minute. Cristoforo Iacomini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wasyl Misiorowski in the 42nd minute of play. After having played for 43 minutes, Ennio Guidoni managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Merceron United's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ennio Guidoni was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Attilio Mammarella struck a weak shot in the 46th minute. Cristoforo Iacomini didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Zurlo Team. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-4.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Attilio Mammarella to strike the kick off in the second half. Cristoforo Iacomini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wasyl Misiorowski in the 52nd minute of play. In a very dangerous position, a player in Merceron United fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 51st minute. Penalty! In the 55th minute, Emilio Conti hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gong Guo Yi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cristoforo Iacomini having to make a save. Fausto Silvestre charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fausto Silvestre the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ennio Guidoni hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. In the 63rd minute, Zurlo Team's Attilio Mammarella dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-6. If Luka Toni had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Emilio Conti struck a weak shot in the 68th minute. Antonello Bosso didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Merceron United. Cristoforo Iacomini was out of position in the 69 minute of play, and Attilio Mammarella capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Attilio Mammarella really showed his touch with that goal: 1-7. Wasyl Misiorowski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristoforo Iacomini having to interfere. Cristoforo Iacomini came out of the goal in the 78th minute to try and stop a shot by Zurlo Team's Attilio Mammarella. But to his dismay, Attilio Mammarella quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-8. The throw-in from Attilio Mammarella in the 87th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Merceron United's Arrigo Di Crescenzo. When the match had gone on for 90 minutes, Attilio Mammarella put it in 1-10 from a short distance just to the right of Cristoforo Iacomini. When the match was over Zurlo Team could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Merceron United throughout the match.