Official Cup

ESA MONUMENTAL
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) Artuur Akram showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eloy Calvino, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Artuur Akram made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andrew Dalli in the 9th minute of play. In the 11th minute Stanislav Georgiev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jorge Armani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 14 minutes into the match, Cristinel Dinulescu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jorge Armani. Esmeralda AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristinel Dinulescu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Artuur Akram made a fantastic save in the 18th minute, when David Banegas sent off a good shot on target. Esmeralda AFC's Eloy Calvino suffered a sprained foot after 19 minutes and couldn't finish the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Didar Akram during the 19th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Esmeralda AFC's Nicasio Fonda was substituted for Eloy Calvino. Faruk Akram scored 0-2 in the 29th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jorge Armani, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Through an outstanding action, after 36 minutes, Artuur Akram successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 43 minutes into the match, XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's goal looked a bit too open when Andrew Dalli came free, but Artuur Akram reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 44 minutes XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Kong Kun Xu who took care of the corner kick. Jorge Armani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristinel Dinulescu in the 46th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Andrew Dalli made the kick off in the second half. Artuur Akram showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zülfü Sungur in the 51st minute of the match. Sebastian Tauro hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Jorge Armani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stanislav Georgiev, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. In the 53rd minute, Stanislav Georgiev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jorge Armani was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. 61 minutes into the match, XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's goal looked a bit too open when Andrew Dalli came free, but Artuur Akram reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Artuur Akram showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicasio Fonda, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. 64 minutes into the match, XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's goal looked a bit too open when Nicasio Fonda came free, but Artuur Akram reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jorge Armani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stanislav Georgiev in the 66th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Esmeralda AFC's Kong Kun Xu got a free kick in the 67th minute. With a little luck, Esmeralda AFC's Jorge Armani got control of the ball when Faruk Akram tried to sneak it across the goal line. 69 minutes had been played when some careless play by Esmeralda AFC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cristinel Dinulescu was slow to take the kick. During this time XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's players had a chance to rest. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stanislav Georgiev in the 72nd minute of play forced Esmeralda AFC's goalkeeper Jorge Armani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jorge Armani came out of the goal in the 73rd minute to try and stop a shot by XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's Cristinel Dinulescu. But to his dismay, Cristinel Dinulescu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. If Cristinel Dinulescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Esmeralda AFC's Jorge Armani proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save Esmeralda AFC from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by David Banegas in the 79th minute of play forced XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's goalkeeper Artuur Akram to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Artuur Akram showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David Banegas in the 81st minute of the match. 82 minutes into the match, XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's goal looked a bit too open when David Banegas came free, but Artuur Akram reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Artuur Akram showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicasio Fonda, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. XIN JIANG FOOTBALL CLUB's Artuur Akram played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by David Banegas in the 87th minute of play. Cristinel Dinulescu kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match.