Official Cup

Annibale Riva
Spectators: 148 (Terracing: 112, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) Apostolikas Ksiromeritis made the kick off and thus started the match. Beniamin Bara hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. A collision led to US Albenga getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Aldo Renzetti hit a great ball. After having played for 6 minutes, Júnior Neymar managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. US Albenga's supporters crossed their fingers, but Júnior Neymar was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Alex Pacella took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Apostolikas Ksiromeritis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 11th minute of the match US Albenga got a corner. LEONTARI - KASKAVELI FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Beniamin Bara ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Beniamin Bara almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but LEONTARI - KASKAVELI FC's Zhu Wei Xiang did a great save. Júnior Neymar's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 13thth minute, Zhu Wei Xiang skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tasos Kaplatzis in the 14th minute of play forced US Albenga's goalkeeper Alex Pacella to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alex Pacella didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tasos Kaplatzis went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Daniele Panella received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Zhu Wei Xiang tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, US Albenga's Ermanno Cavallaro got a free kick in the 20th minute. After some careless play in the US Albenga defense, Guo Lin Yong kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alex Pacella. The US Albenga fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alex Pacella should have stopped the shot. Júnior Neymar could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 24th minute of the match, but Zhu Wei Xiang made a huge save. Zhu Wei Xiang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Júnior Neymar in the 26th minute of the match. 27 minutes into the match, LEONTARI - KASKAVELI FC's goalkeeper Zhu Wei Xiang had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Júnior Neymar. After 27 played minutes LEONTARI - KASKAVELI FC got a freekick which was hit by Charilaos Karasimos. 28 minutes into the match, US Albenga's Júnior Neymar sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zhu Wei Xiang narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Apostolikas Ksiromeritis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alex Pacella having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Themis Zacharakis in the 36th minute of play forced US Albenga's goalkeeper Alex Pacella to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zhu Wei Xiang took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Júnior Neymar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zhu Wei Xiang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vitomir Piralkov in the 43rd minute of play. The supporters of LEONTARI - KASKAVELI FC booed when US Albenga was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Júnior Neymar didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, LEONTARI - KASKAVELI FC's Zhu Wei Xiang got control of the ball when Júnior Neymar tried to sneak it across the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Elia Di Dio to make the kick off. A collision led to LEONTARI - KASKAVELI FC getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Miltos Patselas hit a great ball. When Elia Di Dio came up free with the goalie in the 65th minute, the US Albenga fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Elia Di Dio couldn't finish the play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Elia Di Dio in the 67th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Zhu Wei Xiang saved LEONTARI - KASKAVELI FC from getting behind. LEONTARI - KASKAVELI FC's Geronimo Librado was substituted for Themis Zacharakis. In the 77th minute of the match US Albenga got a corner. LEONTARI - KASKAVELI FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Beniamin Bara ran over to the corner to take the kick. Elia Di Dio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alvise Restaino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 88 minutes into the match, Apostolikas Ksiromeritis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alex Pacella. US Albenga's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Apostolikas Ksiromeritis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Emanuele Egger received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Zhu Wei Xiang tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to LEONTARI - KASKAVELI FC getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Ruben Lorencio hit a great ball. When the match was over LEONTARI - KASKAVELI FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than US Albenga throughout the match.