Official Cup

Reina de mi Corazón
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) Luís Artime started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Trond Soltveit in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hernan Lorencio saved Esparta FC from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Carlitos Tevez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hernan Lorencio was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. 6 minutes into the match, Esparta FC's goal looked a bit too open when Carlitos Tevez came free, but Hernan Lorencio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Slawomir Michalski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luís Artime, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Hernan Lorencio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Trond Soltveit, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Hernan Lorencio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlitos Tevez in the 24th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Esparta FC's German Lalla got a free kick in the 25th minute. In the 27th minute, Carlitos Tevez left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Stone City fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Luís Artime in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Slawomir Michalski saved Stone City from getting behind. Luís Artime scored 1-1 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Slawomir Michalski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Slawomir Michalski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luís Artime, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Luís Artime fell near the penalty area in the 41st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Esparta FC's protests and gave Luís Artime a yellow card for diving instead. In the 41st match minute, Esparta FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luís Artime to maneuver through the defense. In the 43rd match minute, Stone City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alberto Sete to maneuver through the defense. In the 44th minute, Luís Artime left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Esparta FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Carlitos Tevez to strike the kick off in the second half. Through an outstanding action, after 52 minutes, Hernan Lorencio successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 57th minute, Luís Artime got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 60 minutes into the match, Esparta FC's goalkeeper Hernan Lorencio had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Carlitos Tevez. Carlitos Tevez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hernan Lorencio having to interfere. Esparta FC's Hernan Lorencio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aras Görkem Özbey in the 64th minute of play. Luís Artime blasted a shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Slawomir Michalski having to make a save. Slawomir Michalski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luís Artime, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. 73 minutes into the match, Stone City's goal looked a bit too open when Luís Artime came free, but Slawomir Michalski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Slawomir Michalski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luís Artime, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. After a rather tough play, Esparta FC's Ruperto Sedeni got a free kick in the 77th minute. Hernan Lorencio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Víctor Franco went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Esparta FC's German Lalla quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Alberto Sete, made in the 81st minute of the game. Slawomir Michalski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luís Artime in the 82nd minute of the match. Grigoris Ntountas kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. 84 minutes into the match, Víctor Franco had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hernan Lorencio. Esparta FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Víctor Franco was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. A sloppy throw-in by Alberto Sete in the 87th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Esparta FC's German Lalla. When Luís Artime came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the Esparta FC 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 Luís Artime couldn't finish the play. Hernan Lorencio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Víctor Franco, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. 93 minutes into the match, Esparta FC's goal looked a bit too open when Víctor Franco came free, but Hernan Lorencio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Stone City had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.