Official Cup

Signal Iduna Park
Spectators: 176 (Terracing: 133, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Isidro Oliviero started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Urbs LC's goalkeeper Eugenio Santoro, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 3rd minute, Isidro Oliviero ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eugenio Santoro was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Omar Abadia stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pastor Ihazintu's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pastor Ihazintu in the 15th minute of play forced Barbudos FC's goalkeeper Omar Abadia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eugenio Santoro made a fantastic save in the 17th minute, when Keno Cantona sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Pastor Ihazintu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Omar Abadia was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. 27 minutes into the match, Barbudos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Pastor Ihazintu came free, but Omar Abadia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 33rd minute Ennio Di Marzio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Omar Abadia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Omar Abadia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ennio Di Marzio, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. In the 40th minute, Pastor Ihazintu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Urbs LC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. Omar Abadia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruno Di Iulio in the 45th minute of the match.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Pastor Ihazintu made a kick off. Diego Lusi charged in rather forcefully in the 52nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Diego Lusi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Diego Lusi kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Isidro Oliviero in the 55th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eugenio Santoro saved Urbs LC from getting behind. Omar Abadia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pastor Ihazintu in the 58th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Pastor Ihazintu in the 58th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Omar Abadia saved Barbudos FC from getting behind. Omar Abadia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pastor Ihazintu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Barbudos FC's Omar Abadia proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save Barbudos FC from getting a goal against them. Eugenio Santoro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Isidro Oliviero, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Pastor Ihazintu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Omar Abadia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Barbudos FC's Omar Abadia proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save Barbudos FC from getting a goal against them. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Isidro Oliviero in the 74th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eugenio Santoro saved Urbs LC from getting behind. Urbs LC's Anselmo Papetti was substituted for Bruno Di Iulio. Barbudos FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gareth Bala in the 76th minute. A throw-in in the 86th minute of the game was made by Diego Lusi with Boško Balaban as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After some careless play in the Urbs LC defense, Franco Beccari kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eugenio Santoro. The Urbs LC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eugenio Santoro should have stopped the shot. Urbs LC were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.