Official Cup

Del Barrio
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Road To Glory's Gugu de Mendonça 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 a rather tough play, Road To Glory's Lucio Abajas got a free kick in the 4th minute. 7 minutes into the match, Road To Glory's goal looked a bit too open when Babbis Aggeliadis came free, but Ariel Venerando reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sverker Fanström made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gao Xing Zhen in the 8th minute. Gugu de Mendonça in the 11thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Sverker Fanström, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After a defensive mix-up in Sanderlend's zone, Gugu de Mendonça stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sverker Fanström came out of the goal and Gugu de Mendonça tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ariel Venerando took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Babbis Aggeliadis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sanderlend's Sverker Fanström proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save Sanderlend from getting a goal against them. Sverker Fanström didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gugu de Mendonça went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Gugu de Mendonça took the ball and in the 34 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sverker Fanström. Sverker Fanström dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Road To Glory's Ariel Venerando played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jasin Jelić in the 37th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Babbis Aggeliadis was the one to do the kick off. Sverker Fanström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gugu de Mendonça in the 52nd minute of play. Babbis Aggeliadis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 56 played minutes Sanderlend got a freekick which was hit by Hakija Hamdić. Sanderlend's Sverker Fanström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gugu de Mendonça in the 57th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gugu de Mendonça in the 59th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sverker Fanström prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Gugu de Mendonça blasted a shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Sverker Fanström having to make a save. Sanderlend's Sverker Fanström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gugu de Mendonça in the 60th minute of play. Sverker Fanström came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by Road To Glory's Gugu de Mendonça. But to his dismay, Gugu de Mendonça quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. Gugu de Mendonça sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ariel Venerando made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Babbis Aggeliadis in the 67th minute of play. In the 75th minute Babbis Aggeliadis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ariel Venerando saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Gugu de Mendonça's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sverker Fanström was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. 78 minutes into the game, Jasin Jelić recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Ariel Venerando. Jasin Jelić showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 4-2. With a little luck, Road To Glory's Ariel Venerando got control of the ball when Jasin Jelić tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Luo Jun Feng had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Road To Glory had won after a very even match.