Prized/Friendly Cup

Enzo Francescoli
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Robinho Salgado kicked off to start the match. After 3 minutes of play, Matheu City FC's Minas Makris made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Florentino Celipe was left in no man's land by his defense there! Geronimo Lertxun kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Miguel Borja's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jacinto Leoiar was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. In the 15th minute, Miguel Borja left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The C.U.E. DE COMERCIO fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Florentino Celipe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Minas Makris in the 19th minute of play. In the 20th minute, Siro Medina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Matheu City FC defense, Miguel Borja kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jacinto Leoiar. The Matheu City FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jacinto Leoiar should have stopped the shot. In the 25th minute, Matheu City FC's Robinho Salgado dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-2. 30 minutes into the game, C.U.E. DE COMERCIO's Miguel Borja nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jacinto Leoiar made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-3. If Miguel Borja had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 33rd minute Miguel Borja shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacinto Leoiar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Federico Honesto kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. 37 minutes into the match, C.U.E. DE COMERCIO's goal looked a bit too open when Minas Makris came free, but Florentino Celipe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 41stth minute of the game Minas Makris who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but C.U.E. DE COMERCIO's Florentino Celipe was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With 47 minutes on the clock, Siro Medina commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 46th minute of the game. One of C.U.E. DE COMERCIO:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Matheu City FC:s goal. C.U.E. DE COMERCIO:s Florentino Celipe showed great skill when he stopped Sixto Mon:s penalty. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Federico Honesto made the kick off in the second half. C.U.E. DE COMERCIO's Florentino Celipe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Minas Makris in the 56th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Minas Makris in the 56th minute of play forced C.U.E. DE COMERCIO's goalkeeper Florentino Celipe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of C.U.E. DE COMERCIO booed when Matheu City FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sixto Mon didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 69th minute, Federico Honesto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. C.U.E. DE COMERCIO's Florentino Celipe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Minas Makris in the 71st minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Geronimo Lertxun during the 75th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. If Federico Honesto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. C.U.E. DE COMERCIO's attentive Gaspar Toli managed to snatch the ball when Geronimo Lertxun made a throw-in in the 81st minute of the game. In the 85th match minute, Matheu City FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anier Manny to maneuver through the defense. Florentino Celipe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Minas Makris, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 95 minutes of play Matheu City FC's Geronimo Lertxun was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 96 played minutes Matheu City FC got a freekick which was hit by Geronimo Lertxun. Matheu City FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of C.U.E. DE COMERCIO for a fine match.