Official Cup

Villafranqueza Norte
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Olivar Ribeiro started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olivar Ribeiro in the 3rd minute of play forced FC Dharma Initiative's goalkeeper Francois Vanden Bossche to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to FC Dharma Initiative getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Lennart Blommaert hit a great ball. In the 7th minute, Olivar Ribeiro made a precise shot to the right of Francois Vanden Bossche. FC Dharma Initiative's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Francois Vanden Bossche came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by C.F Intercity's Olivar Ribeiro. But to his dismay, Olivar Ribeiro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Daniel Cazacu who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 14thth minute tested the skills of Francois Vanden Bossche when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Francois Vanden Bossche came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by C.F Intercity's Olivar Ribeiro. But to his dismay, Olivar Ribeiro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. In the 20th minute, Olivar Ribeiro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Francois Vanden Bossche was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. After 23 played minutes C.F Intercity got a freekick which was hit by Song Xiao Li. Daniel Cazacu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Francois Vanden Bossche made a huge save. With a little luck, FC Dharma Initiative's Francois Vanden Bossche got control of the ball when Olivar Ribeiro tried to sneak it across the goal line. 30 minutes into the game, C.F Intercity's Daniel Cazacu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Francois Vanden Bossche made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. Francois Vanden Bossche made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Olivar Ribeiro sent off a good shot on target. In the 35th minute of the match C.F Intercity got a corner. FC Dharma Initiative's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Olivar Ribeiro ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Şimşek Miran got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Francois Vanden Bossche quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Jeremie Van Nel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lennart Blommaert in the 37th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olivar Ribeiro in the 38th minute of play forced FC Dharma Initiative's goalkeeper Francois Vanden Bossche to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. C.F Intercity's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Olivar Ribeiro in the 39th minute. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Daniel Cazacu advanced and headed the ball into goal, 6-0 in the 40th minute. Hannes Wigers made in the 43rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Tibau De Jaeger. Olivar Ribeiro took the ball and in the 44 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Francois Vanden Bossche. Francois Vanden Bossche dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-0. After a defensive mix-up in FC Dharma Initiative's zone, Olivar Ribeiro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Francois Vanden Bossche came out of the goal and Olivar Ribeiro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. FC Dharma Initiative's Francois Vanden Bossche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Olivar Ribeiro in the 48th minute of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 7-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jorden Tubbackx to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, FC Dharma Initiative's goal looked a bit too open when Olivar Ribeiro came free, but Francois Vanden Bossche reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tibau De Jaeger in the 57th minute of play forced C.F Intercity's goalkeeper Jeremie Van Nel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Daniel Cazacu scored 8-0 in the 63rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Francois Vanden Bossche, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Song Xiao Li in the 69th minute of play forced FC Dharma Initiative's goalkeeper Francois Vanden Bossche to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roel De Haes kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. Roel De Haes hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Olivar Ribeiro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Francois Vanden Bossche was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. If Olivar Ribeiro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Olivar Ribeiro blasted a shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Francois Vanden Bossche having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olivar Ribeiro in the 75th minute of play forced FC Dharma Initiative's goalkeeper Francois Vanden Bossche to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tibau De Jaeger received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Jeremie Van Nel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 78th minute Olivar Ribeiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Francois Vanden Bossche saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Olivar Ribeiro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Francois Vanden Bossche showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Olivar Ribeiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. 83 minutes into the match, Luis Zamora notched a goal, 9-0, to the right of FC Dharma Initiative's Francois Vanden Bossche. Francois Vanden Bossche was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 88 minutes into the match, FC Dharma Initiative's goal looked a bit too open when Olivar Ribeiro came free, but Francois Vanden Bossche reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Francois Vanden Bossche took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis Zamora, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Francois Vanden Bossche made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olivar Ribeiro in the 93rd minute of play. Olivar Ribeiro might have been able to make a better finish in the 95th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Francois Vanden Bossche. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Olivar Ribeiro ran back to his position shaking his head. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. C.F Intercity had won after a very even match.