Official Cup

Signal Iduna Park
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) MAGNIFICOS.FC's Valério Ortiz started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After having played for 5 minutes, Octavio Carballo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. MAGNIFICOS.FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Octavio Carballo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 6 minutes into the match, MAGNIFICOS.FC's Octavio Carballo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Haroldas Strazdas narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Hugo Guerra had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Lara Guadalupi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hugo Guerra, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Neymar Mané got free with Haroldas Strazdas in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 13 minutes Spartans FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Elano Salgado who took care of the corner kick. Octavio Carballo did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Haroldas Strazdas 14 minutes into the match. In the 16th minute, Sayed Mustafa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lara Guadalupi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hugo Guerra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Amado Dagorret hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. If Hugo Guerra had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Lara Guadalupi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hugo Guerra in the 28th minute of the match. 30 minutes into the match, Spartans FC's goal looked a bit too open when Valério Ortiz came free, but Haroldas Strazdas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Octavio Carballo in the 32nd minute of play forced Spartans FC's goalkeeper Haroldas Strazdas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 33 minutes had been played when some careless play by Spartans FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Elano Salgado was slow to take the kick. During this time MAGNIFICOS.FC's players had a chance to rest. Lara Guadalupi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hugo Guerra, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. If Hugo Guerra had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lara Guadalupi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hugo Guerra in the 45th minute of the match. In the 47th minute, Hugo Guerra ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lara Guadalupi was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The wind increased when Hugo Guerra made the kick off in the second half. Hugo Guerra received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Lara Guadalupi came out and tried to block the shot, but Hugo Guerra slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 52nd minute. Lara Guadalupi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hugo Guerra in the 58th minute of the match. 61 minutes into the match, Hugo Guerra dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Lara Guadalupi, 1-3. MAGNIFICOS.FC's Jeremias Macedo was substituted for Valério Ortiz. MAGNIFICOS.FC's Frederico Hermes was substituted for Elano Salgado. The supporters of Spartans FC booed when MAGNIFICOS.FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ramon Lizano didn't get a good kick on the ball. 72 minutes into the match, MAGNIFICOS.FC's goalkeeper Lara Guadalupi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hugo Guerra. Spartans FC's Haroldas Strazdas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jeremias Macedo in the 77th minute of play. After 78 minutes Spartans FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ramon Lizano who took care of the corner kick. 82 minutes into the match, Spartans FC's Hugo Guerra sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lara Guadalupi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Jeremias Macedo scored 2-3 in the 92nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Haroldas Strazdas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Spartans FC's Haroldas Strazdas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jeremias Macedo in the 95th minute of play. Jeremias Macedo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Haroldas Strazdas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The MAGNIFICOS.FC manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing Spartans FC to win.