Official Cup

San Nicolò Arena
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Lia Marquez started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Nedo Nadi took the ball and in the 3 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Iker Casillas. Iker Casillas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. In the 7th minute, Philippe Albert hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Davide Bertolini recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 12th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Nedo Nadi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Iker Casillas read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 16th minute of play. After 17 minutes, Davide Bertolini mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the San Nicolò Kings and the Villa Gordiani players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 17th minute, Davide Bertolini hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Villa Gordiani's zone, Nedo Nadi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Iker Casillas came out of the goal and Nedo Nadi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 28th minute, Nedo Nadi 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. Iker Casillas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Davide Bertolini in the 32nd minute of play. After 33 minutes Villa Gordiani's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Nildo Sena who took care of the corner kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Benito Bravo heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Fabio Kåmark kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. San Nicolò Kings's Franco Catucci played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lia Marquez in the 39th minute of play. If Nedo Nadi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Davide Bertolini in the 42nd minute of play forced Villa Gordiani's goalkeeper Iker Casillas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 42 minutes into the match, Davide Bertolini had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Iker Casillas. Villa Gordiani's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Davide Bertolini was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Davide Bertolini to make the kick off. Villa Gordiani's Iker Casillas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Davide Bertolini in the 51st minute of play. Davide Bertolini took the ball and in the 51 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Iker Casillas. Iker Casillas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Davide Bertolini in the 62nd minute of play forced Villa Gordiani's goalkeeper Iker Casillas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Franco Catucci made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lia Marquez in the 63rd minute of play. 66 minutes into the game, Philippe Albert was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Villa Gordiani's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave San Nicolò Kings the free kick. After 66 played minutes Villa Gordiani got a freekick which was hit by Philippe Albert. The audience was convinced that Davide Bertolini's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Iker Casillas was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. A collision led to San Nicolò Kings getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Corrado Trevisani hit a great ball. Iker Casillas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nedo Nadi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 79 minutes had been played when some careless play by Villa Gordiani's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nildo Sena was slow to take the kick. During this time San Nicolò Kings's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Fabio Kåmark got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Iker Casillas quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Nedo Nadi hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Villa Gordiani's Iker Casillas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nedo Nadi in the 84th minute of play. 86 minutes into the match, San Nicolò Kings's goalkeeper Franco Catucci had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rab Uba. Iker Casillas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nedo Nadi in the 89th minute of the match. When the referee ended the match the San Nicolò Kings players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.