Prized/Friendly Cup

Silvano Tomé
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Willian Pay kicked off to start the match. 10 minutes into the match, Willian Pay had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Eurico Velloso. Achtung Babies's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Willian Pay was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. After 13 minutes of play, Habsburgo's Willian Pay made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eurico Velloso was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Achtung Babies's Jan Falkiewicz got a free kick in the 18th minute. In the 19th minute Domenico Di Nino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eurico Velloso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Honorato Aznaro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Héctor Mainer in the 20th minute of the match. Héctor Mainer might have been able to make a better finish in the 23rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Honorato Aznaro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Héctor Mainer ran back to his position shaking his head. Enzo Díaz hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. 31 minutes into the match, Achtung Babies's Héctor Mainer sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Honorato Aznaro narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 36 minutes into the match, Habsburgo's Willian Pay sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Eurico Velloso narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Héctor Mainer scored 2-1 in the 39th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Honorato Aznaro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jan Falkiewicz kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The wind increased when Héctor Mainer made the kick off in the second half. Willian Pay's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Eurico Velloso read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 57th minute of play. In the 59th minute of the match, Selami Bilgen got a very nice opportunity to score, but Honorato Aznaro was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Achtung Babies's Torsten Norberg was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Honorato Aznaro in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Achtung Babies made a substitution. Kobi Usabiaga replaced Héctor Mainer. Bruno Guillelme made in the 63rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Selami Bilgen. Eurico Velloso didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Willian Pay went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, Achtung Babies's Torsten Norberg got a free kick in the 81st minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Willian Pay in the 89th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Eurico Velloso prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Honorato Aznaro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kobi Usabiaga in the 95th minute of play. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Habsburgo fans cheered their team off the field, for while Achtung Babies had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.