| September 13, 2002 CHALLENGE CUP the CTSC remembers.. |
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Massimo Conturso defeats Miguel Marques 1-0, 3-1 in the double final
While Jim Taylor is still around Europe spreading the US way of flicking and Eddie Davidson is recovering from a recent ankle surgery,
an unusual trio met tonight in the basement at Wellington Drive in Farmington.
Miguel, Jeff and Massimo played the 9/13 Challenge Cup, which was inevitably and respectfully dedicated to the fellow Americans
who lost their lives in a sad morning, two days and one year ago.
The tournament was characterized by a high number of shots-on-goal and, consequently, a high number of goals and woodworks.
Massimo Conturso lead the ranking for scored goals: 14 in 3 games, with a record breaking 10-0 over Jeff in the group's playouts.
Miguel Marques, who wasn't in his luckiest night, hit the post several times in the competition and 3-4 times against the Italian.
The final matches were very well played and should have had much larger scores.
In the first leg, Massimo was playing at home. As in the best European tradition, the home team must take control of the game in
order to score at least twice and avoid to have any goals-against, that may count double in case of equal goals differential. The
Italian, after a phase of studying, took charge and score with a chip from medium distance. The Portuguese is a true challenger, not
a sparing partner: instead of Massimo trying to score the second goal, the match saw Miguel pushing the opponent figures in their
half and screaming "goal!" twice. In the first episode, Massimo was able to stop the ball when it was for 3/4 over the line, between
the post and the goalie handle (a brief discussion followed, but both the players agreed that it wasn't goal). In the second chance,
the Lusitano hit the perfect upper right corner, but the ball bounced back on the pitch. Unfortunately for Miguel, that scene was
going to repeat in the second final two more times. In fact, while Massimo scored in the first minute of the game--forcing Marques
to play for a 3-1 victory--the Portuguese didn't go over two woodworks in the first half and failed to tie before the break. Bad for
him, the Italian took advantage of this strange lucky night, scored again at the beginning of the second half and virtually closed the
match. A 3-0 score (4-0 aggregate) would have been too much for the excellent player from Portugal, who scored in the last
minute for the final 3-1 (4-1 agg).
an unusual trio met tonight in the basement at Wellington Drive in Farmington.
Miguel, Jeff and Massimo played the 9/13 Challenge Cup, which was inevitably and respectfully dedicated to the fellow Americans
who lost their lives in a sad morning, two days and one year ago.
The tournament was characterized by a high number of shots-on-goal and, consequently, a high number of goals and woodworks.
Massimo Conturso lead the ranking for scored goals: 14 in 3 games, with a record breaking 10-0 over Jeff in the group's playouts.
Miguel Marques, who wasn't in his luckiest night, hit the post several times in the competition and 3-4 times against the Italian.
The final matches were very well played and should have had much larger scores.
In the first leg, Massimo was playing at home. As in the best European tradition, the home team must take control of the game in
order to score at least twice and avoid to have any goals-against, that may count double in case of equal goals differential. The
Italian, after a phase of studying, took charge and score with a chip from medium distance. The Portuguese is a true challenger, not
a sparing partner: instead of Massimo trying to score the second goal, the match saw Miguel pushing the opponent figures in their
half and screaming "goal!" twice. In the first episode, Massimo was able to stop the ball when it was for 3/4 over the line, between
the post and the goalie handle (a brief discussion followed, but both the players agreed that it wasn't goal). In the second chance,
the Lusitano hit the perfect upper right corner, but the ball bounced back on the pitch. Unfortunately for Miguel, that scene was
going to repeat in the second final two more times. In fact, while Massimo scored in the first minute of the game--forcing Marques
to play for a 3-1 victory--the Portuguese didn't go over two woodworks in the first half and failed to tie before the break. Bad for
him, the Italian took advantage of this strange lucky night, scored again at the beginning of the second half and virtually closed the
match. A 3-0 score (4-0 aggregate) would have been too much for the excellent player from Portugal, who scored in the last
minute for the final 3-1 (4-1 agg).
PLAY-OUTS
Miguel Marques 3-0 Jeff Davidson
Massimo Conturso 10-0 Jeff Davidson
FINALS
Massimo Conturso 1-0 Miguel Marques
Miguel Marques 1-3 Massimo Conturso
Miguel Marques 3-0 Jeff Davidson
Massimo Conturso 10-0 Jeff Davidson
FINALS
Massimo Conturso 1-0 Miguel Marques
Miguel Marques 1-3 Massimo Conturso
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