Official Cup

Dino Manuzzi
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Pastor Ihazintu took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pastor Ihazintu in the 8th minute of play forced Maritek FC's goalkeeper Hélio O'Connell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ennio Di Marzio in the 12th minute of play forced Maritek FC's goalkeeper Hélio O'Connell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 13th minute Pastor Ihazintu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hélio O'Connell saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferruccio Zarillo in the 19th minute of play forced Urbs LC's goalkeeper Eugenio Santoro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eugenio Santoro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felice Tacco in the 20th minute of the match. Maritek FC's Hélio O'Connell played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pastor Ihazintu in the 25th minute of play. Urbs LC's Eugenio Santoro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ferruccio Zarillo in the 26th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Ettore Santo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eugenio Santoro was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ettore Santo got free with Eugenio Santoro in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After having played for 38 minutes, Ferruccio Zarillo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Maritek FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ferruccio Zarillo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pastor Ihazintu in the 40th minute of play forced Maritek FC's goalkeeper Hélio O'Connell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hélio O'Connell showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pastor Ihazintu, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Urbs LC's Eugenio Santoro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 48th minute of the match, managed to save Urbs LC from getting a goal against them.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ettore Santo to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the game, Ettore Santo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Eugenio Santoro was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Eugenio Santoro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ettore Santo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pastor Ihazintu might have been able to make a better finish in the 61st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hélio O'Connell. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Pastor Ihazintu ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 65th minute, Pastor Ihazintu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 66 played minutes, Maritek FC's Andrea Mariani shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Eugenio Santoro came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Maritek FC reached it. Eugenio Santoro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ferruccio Zarillo in the 72nd minute of the match. In the 74th minute, Pastor Ihazintu got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Urbs LC's Anselmo Papetti was substituted for Bruno Di Iulio. 80 minutes into the match, Cezary Tusk dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Hélio O'Connell, 1-1. An unexpected shot in the 86th minute by Cezary Tusk got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Eli Mariani hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.