31st  CHALLENGE  CUP
March 21, 2003
GROUP  A

MASSIMO  6-0  SERGIO
SERGIO  
1-1  EDDIE
EDDIE  
0-2  MASSIMO

Standings
Massimo................6
Eddie.....................1
Sergio....................1
Semifinals

A1-Wild Card
MASSIMO  2-0  MIGUEL
B1-C1
LUIS  3-1  ROBERTO

In the first night of Spring, the CTSC met once again in
Wallingford to say farewell to Roberto Conturso, who's
going back to Italy--rumors say to be member of the
F.I.C.O. Subbuteo Club of Ostia, Rome.
The young Conturso played well as usual and won Group
C with 6 points.
On his way to the final, he found the great surprise of
tonight: Luis Silva from West Haven. Luis was in the
Group of Death with his brother Frank and his cousin
Miguel.
In the first match, Luis risked to throw everything thru
the window, when Frank was able to come back from
0-2 to 2-2.
Luis scored two more times and faced Miguel, who was
strong with +3 GD, in the match-clou. And this was his
masterpiece! With a 1-0 decision, the young Silva
defeated the experienced Marques and claimed a spot in
the semifinals as B1.
Miguel, despite the surprising loss, was able to manage
the title of "Wild Card" with a better GD than his
younger brother Rick.
In the semifinals, Massimo vs. Miguel was a sort of early
final between tonight's top seeds. The Portuguese
played his game as usual and tried to hit well with his
counterattacks on the wings. He missed several chances
and Massimo did not forgive his mistakes: 2-0.
In the other match, an interesting Luis-Roberto took
place. Luis showed to be on fire when he went on 3-0
over the young Italian, who scored once at the end for
the "flag goal".
In the final, Massimo scored twice in the early minutes,
controlled the game and scored two more for the 4-0
final score and 26th Challenge Cup title.
GROUP  B

MIGUEL  4-1  FRANK
FRANK  
2-4  LUIS
LUIS  
1-0  MIGUEL

Standings
Luis.......................6
Miguel....................3
Frank.....................0
GROUP  C

ROBERTO  3-0  JEFF
JEFF  
1-2  RICK
RICK  
0-1  ROBERTO

Standings
Roberto...............6
Rick....................3
Jeff......................0
FINAL 3rd PLACE
MIGUEL  3-0  ROBERTO

31st CHALLENGE
MASSIMO  4-0  LUIS
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