Prized/Friendly Cup

THE RED MACHINE
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Palermo's Santiago Mino 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. Peter Crouch took the ball and in the 3 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alfredo Joey. Alfredo Joey dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 6th minute, Marcelino Chaime made a precise shot to the right of Qin Fan Sheng. ZORZAL01's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. When the match had gone on for 9 minutes, Peter Crouch put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Alfredo Joey. Peter Crouch recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 12th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With a little luck, ZORZAL01's Qin Fan Sheng got control of the ball when Santiago Mino tried to sneak it across the goal line. 17 minutes into the match, ZORZAL01's goalkeeper Qin Fan Sheng had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Santiago Mino. 19 minutes into the match, ZORZAL01's goal looked a bit too open when Marcelino Chaime came free, but Qin Fan Sheng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Peter Crouch's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alfredo Joey was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. Peter Crouch struck a weak shot in the 25th minute. Alfredo Joey didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ZORZAL01. In the 28th minute Peter Crouch shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfredo Joey saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Peter Crouch managed to get in a good position for a shot. ZORZAL01's supporters rose to their feet, but Peter Crouch was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alfredo Joey breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Qin Fan Sheng didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Palermo's Santiago Mino shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Peter Crouch's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Alfredo Joey read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 42nd minute of play. 42 minutes into the game, ZORZAL01's Peter Crouch nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Alfredo Joey made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Peter Crouch to make the kick off. Alfredo Joey made an important save on a dangerous shot by Peter Crouch in the 55th minute. Palermo's Alfredo Joey proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Palermo from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arnoldo Medina in the 58th minute of play forced ZORZAL01's goalkeeper Qin Fan Sheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 66 minutes into the match, ZORZAL01's goal looked a bit too open when Santiago Mino came free, but Qin Fan Sheng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 69 minutes into the game, Maximino Gonzalez cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-3. Qin Fan Sheng was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. ZORZAL01 made a substitution. Maximino Eztebe replaced 鲁源朋. In the 75th minute, Palermo's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Peter Crouch fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. After a rather tough play, Palermo's Carles Borg got a free kick in the 78th minute. Cornelio Bastia, 79 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. 82 minutes into the game, Peter Crouch cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-4. Alfredo Joey was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Alfredo Joey made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maximino Eztebe in the 84th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Palermo's Saul Felo got a free kick in the 90th minute. After a rather tough play, Palermo's Arkadiusz Glowacki got a free kick in the 93rd minute. After recieving a nice pass, ZORZAL01's Cornelio Bastia tried to score from far away in the 94th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched ZORZAL01 eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.