Official Cup

The Twelfth Raven
Spectators: 555 (Terracing: 418, Seating: 127, VIP seats: 10) Ruud van Nistelrooij made the kick off and thus started the match. Donato Balestra made an important save on a dangerous shot by Reinard Hennes in the 5th minute. Twelve Ravens's Roland Vanden Broucke played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ruud van Nistelrooij in the 6th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reinard Hennes in the 8th minute of play forced Calenzano's goalkeeper Donato Balestra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Calenzano's Donato Balestra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reinard Hennes in the 10th minute of play. When Calenzano's Ruud van Nistelrooij in the 11th minute got a chance for a shot 11th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Twelve Ravens's goalie prevented a goal. Roland Vanden Broucke took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Federico Tedeschi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Roland Vanden Broucke took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ennio Daniele, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Reinard Hennes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Reinard Hennes blasted a shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Donato Balestra having to make a save. 24 minutes into the match, Calenzano's goalkeeper Donato Balestra had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Reinard Hennes. In the 27th minute, Federico Tedeschi made a precise shot to the right of Roland Vanden Broucke. Twelve Ravens's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. In the 32nd minute Ruud van Nistelrooij shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roland Vanden Broucke saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 36th minute of the match, Reinard Hennes tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Donato Balestra saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Roland Vanden Broucke stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Federico Tedeschi's shot from short distance in the 38th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

A collision led to Twelve Ravens getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Reinard Hennes hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Twelve Ravens's zone, Ruud van Nistelrooij stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Roland Vanden Broucke came out of the goal and Ruud van Nistelrooij tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Roland Vanden Broucke showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Federico Tedeschi, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Roland Vanden Broucke showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Federico Tedeschi, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Calenzano made a substitution. Yaniusky Pardo replaced Alessio Santini. Calenzano's Comunardo Chizzo was substituted for Ennio Daniele. 71 minutes had been played when some careless play by Twelve Ravens's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Antonello Di Toma was slow to take the kick. During this time Calenzano's players had a chance to rest. In the 77th minute the ball was on its way in behind Twelve Ravens's goalkeeper Roland Vanden Broucke, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 80th minute, Arturo Di Matteo reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Roland Vanden Broucke. The goal made the score 0-2. Donato Balestra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jamie Figaro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 91st minute, Matt Van Meirhaeghe hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Matt Van Meirhaeghe's late challenge caught a Calenzano's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Matt Van Meirhaeghe helped the player get up and apologised. Matt Van Meirhaeghe hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match.

Calenzano played a much better game than Twelve Ravens and deserved their victory. The Twelve Ravens players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.