Official Cup

San Nicolò Arena
Spectators: 151 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Teodoro Moreno made the kick off which started today's match. 6 minutes into the match, San Nicolò Kings's goal looked a bit too open when Teodoro Moreno came free, but Bernardo Di Francesco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Teodoro Moreno in the 7th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Bernardo Di Francesco prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a rather tough play, San Nicolò Kings's Fabrizio Ruggeri got a free kick in the 9th minute. Concetto Valente kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. After 18 minutes of play, F.Salgado F.C.'s Teodoro Moreno made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bernardo Di Francesco was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 21st minute the ball was on its way in behind San Nicolò Kings's goalkeeper Bernardo Di Francesco, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. F.Salgado F.C. were awarded a corner in the 24th minute after San Nicolò Kings's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Teodoro Moreno took the corner. The corner led to F.Salgado F.C.'s Aílton Freire getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. After a defensive mix-up in San Nicolò Kings's zone, Teodoro Moreno stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bernardo Di Francesco came out of the goal and Teodoro Moreno tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 28thth minute of the game Teodoro Moreno who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but San Nicolò Kings's Bernardo Di Francesco was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 31 minutes San Nicolò Kings's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Teodoro Moreno who took care of the corner kick. Teodoro Moreno made a great header on F.Salgado F.C.'s corner, it was just that San Nicolò Kings's Bernardo Di Francesco managed to reach the ball for a save. Teodoro Moreno struck a weak shot in the 33rd minute. Bernardo Di Francesco didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for F.Salgado F.C.. Teodoro Moreno took the ball and in the 34 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bernardo Di Francesco. Bernardo Di Francesco dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Bernardo Di Francesco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teodoro Moreno in the 41st minute of the match. In the 41st minute, Fabrizio Ruggeri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fabrizio Ruggeri's late challenge caught a F.Salgado F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fabrizio Ruggeri helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of F.Salgado F.C. booed when San Nicolò Kings was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fabrizio Ruggeri didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 45th minute, Teodoro Moreno made a precise shot to the right of Bernardo Di Francesco. San Nicolò Kings's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Bernardo Di Francesco didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Teodoro Moreno went, in the 52nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Eraldo Cammarota's late challenge caught a F.Salgado F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eraldo Cammarota helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, San Nicolò Kings's Eraldo Cammarota got a free kick in the 56th minute. After 58 minutes San Nicolò Kings's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Teodoro Moreno who took care of the corner kick. When Teodoro Moreno came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the F.Salgado F.C. 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 Teodoro Moreno couldn't finish the play. Bernardo Di Francesco made a fantastic save in the 63rd minute, when Teodoro Moreno sent off a good shot on target. In the 66th minute San Nicolò Kings were awarded a corner. Emiliano Di Fazio went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led San Nicolò Kings's Emiliano Di Fazio to fire away a dangerous shot which Matt Ryan despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Bernardo Di Francesco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teodoro Moreno, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. F.Salgado F.C.'s Aílton Freire got a good chance for a goal in the 79th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Teodoro Moreno's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Bernardo Di Francesco read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 81st minute of play. 83 minutes in the game, Teodoro Moreno dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. 85 minutes into the match, San Nicolò Kings's goalkeeper Bernardo Di Francesco had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Teodoro Moreno. The audience was convinced that Teodoro Moreno's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bernardo Di Francesco was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. Bernardo Di Francesco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teodoro Moreno in the 88th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Teodoro Moreno managed to get in a good position for a shot. F.Salgado F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Teodoro Moreno was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bernardo Di Francesco breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The San Nicolò Kings fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. F.Salgado F.C. were clearly better and deserved to take the win.