Prized/Friendly Cup

Diego A. Milito
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Mystyc FC's Marciano Luzea 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, Racing Club【LBF】's Carolo Chuse got a free kick in the 3rd minute. After a defensive mix-up in Racing Club【LBF】's zone, Adan Ospetsu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cláudio Taffarel came out of the goal and Adan Ospetsu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Cláudio Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marciano Luzea in the 8th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marciano Luzea in the 10th minute of play forced Racing Club【LBF】's goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mystyc FC's Marciano Luzea got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Cláudio Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marciano Luzea in the 13th minute of the match. Cláudio Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marciano Luzea in the 18th minute of the match. Cláudio Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marciano Luzea in the 18th minute of the match. Cláudio Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alvaro Morata, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cláudio Taffarel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alvaro Morata went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Mystyc FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Adan Ospetsu in the 25th minute. Marciano Luzea struck a weak shot in the 28th minute. Cláudio Taffarel didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Mystyc FC. With his leg Modesto Roldanillo managed to avoid a goal in the 30thth minute, when Racing Club【LBF】's Manuel Marchidan fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alejo Galoer during the 31st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 32nd minute, Alejo Galoer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cláudio Taffarel stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marciano Luzea's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. The audience was convinced that Marciano Luzea's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cláudio Taffarel was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. A hard shot 36 in the game by Emanuel Obafuso from a close distance when the talented Modesto Roldanillo managed to make a qualified save. Mystyc FC's players were relieved. 37 minutes into the match, Marciano Luzea had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cláudio Taffarel. Racing Club【LBF】's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marciano Luzea was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Emanuel Obafuso's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 40thth minute, Modesto Roldanillo skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 41stth minute of the game Marciano Luzea who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Racing Club【LBF】's Cláudio Taffarel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marciano Luzea in the 45th minute of play forced Racing Club【LBF】's goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 47 played minutes Racing Club【LBF】 got a freekick which was hit by Samuel Frisco. In the 48th minute of the match Adan Ospetsu sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Cláudio Taffarel skillfully saved the ball. The Racing Club【LBF】 players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Mystyc FC were winning 0-2.

Cláudio Taffarel was out of position in the 53 minute of play, and Alvaro Morata capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Alvaro Morata really showed his touch with that goal: 0-3. With an all-out effort, Mystyc FC's Cláudio Taffarel threw himself towards the right post 56 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Marciano Luzea, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Marciano Luzea in the 61st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cláudio Taffarel saved Racing Club【LBF】 from getting behind. In the 63rd minute of the match, Adan Ospetsu got a very nice opportunity to score, but Cláudio Taffarel was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Marciano Luzea who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 69thth minute tested the skills of Cláudio Taffarel when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Cláudio Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marciano Luzea, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cláudio Taffarel stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alvaro Morata's shot from short distance in the 74th minute. Cláudio Taffarel had great luck who in the 76thth minute grab hold of the ball when Marciano Luzea from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Manuel Marchidan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Modesto Roldanillo having to interfere. In the 85th minute of the match Behçet Bostancıoğlu shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Cláudio Taffarel showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. If Marciano Luzea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When the match had gone on for 96 minutes, Marciano Luzea took a quick shot and it went in 0-5 without a chance for Cláudio Taffarel to make any attempt to save it. Mystyc FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.