Prized/Friendly Cup

Zinho de Oliveira
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Chinto Gala kicked off to start the match. In the 10th minute Alvaro Ramiréz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sitthachat Jampeehom saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gavião Kyikatejê's Miroslaw Dobilas managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Pau Torres in the 12 minute of the game. With a little luck, Alas de Júpiter's Erasto Bargas got control of the ball when Archie Brodie tried to sneak it across the goal line. 15 minutes into the match, Alas de Júpiter's goalkeeper Erasto Bargas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Archie Brodie. In the 22nd match minute, Alas de Júpiter was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iñigo Turienzo to maneuver through the defense. Erasto Bargas was out of position in the 23 minute of play, and Miguel Zuasnabar capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Miguel Zuasnabar really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Erasto Bargas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Archie Brodie, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alas de Júpiter's defense didn't have a chance, in the 28th minute, when Archie Brodie scored to the left of an out of position Erasto Bargas, making the score, 2-0. After 31 minutes of play, Alas de Júpiter's Chinto Gala made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sitthachat Jampeehom was left in no man's land by his defense there! Alas de Júpiter's Erasto Bargas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save Alas de Júpiter from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alifonso Gasso in the 40th minute of play forced Gavião Kyikatejê's goalkeeper Sitthachat Jampeehom to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Miguel Zuasnabar made the kick off in the second half. Alvaro Ramiréz received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Sitthachat Jampeehom came out and tried to block the shot, but Alvaro Ramiréz slotted it home off the left post making it 2-2 in the 51st minute. Sitthachat Jampeehom made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alvaro Ramiréz in the 54th minute. Sitthachat Jampeehom took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alifonso Gasso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gavião Kyikatejê's Sitthachat Jampeehom played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chinto Gala in the 61st minute of play. After 64 played minutes Gavião Kyikatejê got a freekick which was hit by Archie Brodie. Erasto Bargas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miguel Zuasnabar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 77 played minutes Alas de Júpiter got a freekick which was hit by Pau Torres. After 79 played minutes Alas de Júpiter got a freekick which was hit by Fabián Flores. Archie Brodie received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Erasto Bargas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Gavião Kyikatejê defense, Alvaro Ramiréz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sitthachat Jampeehom. The Gavião Kyikatejê fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sitthachat Jampeehom should have stopped the shot. Erasto Bargas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miguel Zuasnabar in the 91st minute of the match. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.