Official Cup

Artemio Franchi
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mario Balotelli started the match with the kick off. Tuncer Polathan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mario Balotelli's shot from short distance in the 7th minute. John Villalon kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. Ralondo Barboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mariusz Pudzianowski in the 15th minute of play. In the 16thth minute of the game Mario Balotelli who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Tapa Red F.C's Tuncer Polathan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 23rd minute, John Villalon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A hard shot by Enrico Cicero from long distance, 24 minutes into the match, got Tuncer Polathan's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. After a rather tough play, Tapa Red F.C's Mariusz Pudzianowski got a free kick in the 25th minute. In the 37th minute, Mariusz Pudzianowski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tapa Red F.C fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Tuncer Polathan came out of the goal in the 43rd minute to try and stop a shot by AFC Viola Gigliati's Mario Balotelli. But to his dismay, Mario Balotelli quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mariusz Pudzianowski to make the kick off. Caradaro Rossell's late challenge caught a AFC Viola Gigliati's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Caradaro Rossell helped the player get up and apologised. In the 51st minute, Caradaro Rossell hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tuncer Polathan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mario Balotelli, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. With a little luck, AFC Viola Gigliati's Ralondo Barboa got control of the ball when Mariusz Pudzianowski tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Tapa Red F.C's Caradaro Rossell got a free kick in the 59th minute. Tuncer Polathan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mario Balotelli in the 63rd minute of play. AFC Viola Gigliati's Pacifico Villazan was substituted for Guillermo Barzana. In the 70th minute Santio Marco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tuncer Polathan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tapa Red F.C's Kang Sen Xu got a good chance for a goal in the 78th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. AFC Viola Gigliati's Quentin Odoardo was substituted for Elorri Palmer. After 83 played minutes AFC Viola Gigliati got a freekick which was hit by Dunixi Bueno. Enrico Cicero hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. After 90 played minutes AFC Viola Gigliati got a freekick which was hit by Etxahun Domao. 94 minutes into the match, Mariusz Pudzianowski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ralondo Barboa. AFC Viola Gigliati's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mariusz Pudzianowski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.