Official Cup

Arena Stadium
Spectators: 167 (Terracing: 126, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) Fausto Pinti made the kick off and thus started the match. When the match clock showed 4 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Fausto Pinti sped through Longobarda's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Lev Yashin. Lev Yashin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fausto Pinti, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Longobarda booed when Eurospeed Asti was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Davide Ubriaco didn't get a good kick on the ball. Eurospeed Asti's Damiano Battisti proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save Eurospeed Asti from getting a goal against them. 30 minutes into the game, Davide Ubriaco was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Eurospeed Asti's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Longobarda the free kick. After a rather tough play, Eurospeed Asti's Davide Ubriaco got a free kick in the 30th minute. Damiano Battisti made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zhang Xiang in the 34th minute. Damiano Battisti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Florian Cocca, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Eurospeed Asti's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Fausto Pinti in the 38th minute. The corner ended in Fausto Pinti almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Longobarda's Lev Yashin did a great save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Anthimos Vougas during the 39th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 40th minute, Fausto Pinti sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Longobarda's Lev Yashin didn't even have to move. Edwin Godholm sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Eurospeed Asti getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Jose Berdoi hit a great ball. 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.

After 54 minutes of play, Longobarda's Florian Cocca made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Damiano Battisti was left in no man's land by his defense there! Fausto Pinti who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 57thth minute tested the skills of Lev Yashin when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Edwin Godholm scored 2-1 in the 59th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Damiano Battisti, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Eurospeed Asti's Damiano Battisti played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edwin Godholm in the 65th minute of play. Damiano Battisti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edwin Godholm in the 67th minute of the match. In the 73rd minute, Mugurel Stanciu 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. Manuel Zărnescu scored 3-1 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Damiano Battisti, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 83 played minutes, Longobarda's Manuel Zărnescu shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Damiano Battisti came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Longobarda reached it. Damiano Battisti made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edwin Godholm in the 84th minute of play. Damiano Battisti made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alvaro Valcareggi in the 89th minute of play. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Longobarda fully deserved thier win.