Official Cup

Johan Cruyff
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mikail Yerhum got the match started through his kick off. The supporters of F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA booed when Minuim SS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. João Francisco Mendonça didn't get a good kick on the ball. Neal Messer hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. After 9 played minutes Minuim SS got a freekick which was hit by Ali Asım Orguntay. An unexpectedly hard shot by Neal Messer in the 12th minute of play forced Minuim SS's goalkeeper Eduardo Martini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Antoni Villarroel hit a great ball. In the 16thth minute of the game Mikail Yerhum who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Alejandro Verdu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 18 minutes into the game, Marc Vilaplana threw the ball into play from the sideline. Minuim SS's Luisão Corrêa quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Alejandro Verdu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mikail Yerhum, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 21 minutes into the match, Minuim SS's goal looked a bit too open when Neal Messer came free, but Eduardo Martini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marko Krumov in the 23rd minute of play forced F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's goalkeeper Alejandro Verdu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 25th minute Mikail Yerhum shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alejandro Verdu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Federico Zanetti made in the 27th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Neal Messer. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikail Yerhum in the 31st minute of play forced F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's goalkeeper Alejandro Verdu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. João Francisco Mendonça hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. 39 minutes into the match, Neal Messer had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Eduardo Martini. Minuim SS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Neal Messer was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. In the 47th match minute, Minuim SS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luisão Corrêa to maneuver through the defense. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

After 63 played minutes Minuim SS got a freekick which was hit by Ali Asım Orguntay. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA made a substitution. Coronel Virues replaced Marc Vilaplana. In the 64th minute, Ali Asım Orguntay hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Minuim SS's Sidnei Travassos was substituted for Edwin 王振. Minuim SS's Aimar Alajaan was substituted for Marko Krumov. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gonzalo Boye in the 78th minute. The corner ended in Gonzalo Boye almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Minuim SS's Eduardo Martini did a great save. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Joan Puig was substituted for Antoni Villarroel. Ali Asım Orguntay made in the 85th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Mikail Yerhum immediately put the ball in play. Alejandro Verdu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mikail Yerhum in the 93rd minute of the match. After 95 minutes F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Travassos who took care of the corner kick. Ludovít Reis tried in the game's 95th match minute to clear up in front of his own goal but it went so bad that he put the ball into the goal to the left of an unhappy Alejandro Verdu. An annoying self made goal, 3-1. Minuim SS's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.