Official Cup

Gigante de Phoenix
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Olaf Majkowski made the kick off which started today's match. El Canalla de Chicago's Domingo Lopez got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jude Vang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olaf Majkowski in the 6th minute of play. 12 minutes in the game, Justin Raines dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. In the 18th match minute, El Canalla de Chicago was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Armando Leobardo to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 20 minutes, Domingo Lopez managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. El Canalla de Chicago's supporters crossed their fingers, but Domingo Lopez was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Brock Burke's late challenge caught a Ema City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Brock Burke helped the player get up and apologised. Brock Burke kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. In the 25th match minute, El Canalla de Chicago was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Brock Burke to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emil Cetnar in the 28th minute of play forced El Canalla de Chicago's goalkeeper Jude Vang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Justin Raines received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Wladyslaw Rzentkowski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 36 minutes, Wawrzyniec Czciborek managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ema City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Wawrzyniec Czciborek was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jude Vang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emil Cetnar in the 37th minute of play. Domingo Lopez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Wladyslaw Rzentkowski was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Raul Knox showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 42 minute of play.

The wind increased when Domingo Lopez made the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the game, El Canalla de Chicago's Raul Knox nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Wladyslaw Rzentkowski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. In the 60th match minute, El Canalla de Chicago was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Raul Knox to maneuver through the defense. El Canalla de Chicago's Cody Gentry was substituted for Curtis Daniel. Armando Leobardo kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Wladyslaw Rzentkowski didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when El Canalla de Chicago's Raul Knox shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 4-1 in the ordered_time% minute. When Justin Raines came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the El Canalla de Chicago 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 Justin Raines couldn't finish the play. Wladyslaw Rzentkowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Domingo Lopez in the 79th minute of play. Rudolf Pendleton recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 81st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Rudolf Pendleton had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Wladyslaw Rzentkowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Domingo Lopez, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Rudolf Pendleton sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. El Canalla de Chicago fully deserved thier win.