Prized/Friendly Cup

Del Barrio
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gugu de Mendonça started the match with the kick off. Road To Glory's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gugu de Mendonça in the 5th minute. The corner led Road To Glory's Gugu de Mendonça to fire away a dangerous shot which Svetlozar Karamihov despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Ariel Venerando took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Angelino Gentza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Big Babousa were awarded a corner in the 15th minute after Road To Glory's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Alejandro Cordaryal took the corner. Anıl Zaik was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. In the 16th minute, Gugu de Mendonça ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Svetlozar Karamihov was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. A collision led to Big Babousa getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Anıl Zaik hit a great ball. Ariel Venerando showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hector Bladi in the 20th minute of the match. Gugu de Mendonça might have been able to make a better finish in the 21st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Svetlozar Karamihov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gugu de Mendonça ran back to his position shaking his head. Svetlozar Karamihov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gugu de Mendonça in the 21st minute of the match. Ariel Venerando showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Angelino Gentza in the 27th minute of the match. Big Babousa's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Alejandro Cordaryal in the 32nd minute. Alejandro Cordaryal made a great header on Big Babousa's corner, it was just that Road To Glory's Ariel Venerando managed to reach the ball for a save. Ariel Venerando showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ysmael Tagle, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tiburcio Llorienzo during the 38th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Big Babousa's Svetlozar Karamihov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gugu de Mendonça in the 41st minute of play. After 41 minutes of play, Road To Glory's Gugu de Mendonça made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Svetlozar Karamihov was left in no man's land by his defense there! No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Hector Bladi to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gugu de Mendonça in the 53rd minute of play forced Big Babousa's goalkeeper Svetlozar Karamihov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 54th minute, Gugu de Mendonça managed to get in a good position for a shot. Road To Glory's supporters rose to their feet, but Gugu de Mendonça was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Svetlozar Karamihov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 57th minute Gugu de Mendonça shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Svetlozar Karamihov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 59 minutes into the match, Big Babousa's goal looked a bit too open when Gugu de Mendonça came free, but Svetlozar Karamihov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 65 minutes into the match, Big Babousa's goal looked a bit too open when Gugu de Mendonça came free, but Svetlozar Karamihov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gugu de Mendonça received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Svetlozar Karamihov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Svetlozar Karamihov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gugu de Mendonça, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Big Babousa's Alejandro Cordaryal quite brazenly broke a throw-in by 邵挺思, made in the 76th minute of the game. Road To Glory's Gugu de Mendonça got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 82nd minute, Gugu de Mendonça got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The audience was convinced that Gugu de Mendonça's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Svetlozar Karamihov was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gugu de Mendonça in the 96th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Svetlozar Karamihov saved Big Babousa from getting behind. Big Babousa's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.