Official Cup

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Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Menduh Georgievski kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Enzo Alfonsi in the 8th minute of play forced SAN DIEGO's goalkeeper Hugon Skaradoski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Menduh Georgievski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Dennis Urbani made a huge save. In the 12thth minute of the game Menduh Georgievski who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but XMAS's Dennis Urbani was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some careless play in the SAN DIEGO defense, Fabrizio Cremonese kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Hugon Skaradoski. The SAN DIEGO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Hugon Skaradoski should have stopped the shot. When Angelo Pallotta fell near the penalty area in the 17th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored XMAS's protests and gave Angelo Pallotta a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of SAN DIEGO booed when XMAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Enzo Alfonsi didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Menduh Georgievski in the 24th minute of play forced XMAS's goalkeeper Dennis Urbani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Menduh Georgievski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Dennis Urbani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Menduh Georgievski in the 29th minute of play forced XMAS's goalkeeper Dennis Urbani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, XMAS's Enzo Alfonsi got a free kick in the 31st minute. Menduh Georgievski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dennis Urbani having to interfere. After a rather tough play, XMAS's Angelo Pallotta got a free kick in the 39th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Enzo Alfonsi made a kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Menduh Georgievski in the 63rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dennis Urbani saved XMAS from getting behind. Artan Sitnikovski's late challenge caught a XMAS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Artan Sitnikovski helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of XMAS booed when SAN DIEGO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Artan Sitnikovski didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 67 minutes of play, SAN DIEGO's Radomir Werra made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dennis Urbani was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some careless play in the XMAS defense, Paskal Tasev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dennis Urbani. The XMAS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dennis Urbani should have stopped the shot. Dennis Urbani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Menduh Georgievski in the 73rd minute of the match. Menduh Georgievski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Dennis Urbani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. XMAS's Dennis Urbani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Menduh Georgievski in the 78th minute of play. Hugon Skaradoski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Enzo Alfonsi in the 84th minute of the match. Fabrizio Eboli hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. A collision led to SAN DIEGO getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Fabian Papaiani hit a great ball. Angelo Pallotta could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Hugon Skaradoski made a huge save. After a rather tough play, SAN DIEGO's Agustin Abechuco got a free kick in the 90th minute. Radomir Werra hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.