Prized/Friendly Cup

Arnulfo Iraido
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Bruno Moneda took the kick off in the first half of the match. Bruno Moneda took the ball and in the 3 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Felix Frasco. Felix Frasco 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. After a defensive mix-up in Barrialito AFC's zone, Bruno Moneda stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Felix Frasco came out of the goal and Bruno Moneda tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 10 minutes into the match, Barrialito AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Bruno Moneda came free, but Felix Frasco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Slawomir Witkowski in the 12th minute of play forced Imperio Catatumbo de Lara's goalkeeper Tristan Franquis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Bruno Moneda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Felix Frasco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Moneda in the 15th minute of play. In the 23rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Imperio Catatumbo de Lara's goalkeeper Tristan Franquis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 25th minute Barrialito AFC were awarded a corner. Pedro Salvino went to the cornerflag to take it. Tristan Franquis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexandros Peropoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. In the 33rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Barrialito AFC's goalkeeper Felix Frasco, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 39 minutes of play, Imperio Catatumbo de Lara's Bruno Moneda made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Felix Frasco was left in no man's land by his defense there! Alexandros Peropoulos was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. In the 47th minute the ball was on its way in behind Imperio Catatumbo de Lara's goalkeeper Tristan Franquis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 48th minute, Han Bin Yi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alexandros Peropoulos to make the kick off. Felix Frasco came out of the goal in the 57th minute to try and stop a shot by Imperio Catatumbo de Lara's Bruno Moneda. But to his dismay, Bruno Moneda quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. Imperio Catatumbo de Lara's Senio Opazo was substituted for Liu Liang Gang. In the 64th minute Bruno Moneda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Felix Frasco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Felix Frasco made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bruno Moneda in the 68th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Slawomir Witkowski in the 70th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tristan Franquis saved Imperio Catatumbo de Lara from getting behind. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bruno Moneda in the 73rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Felix Frasco saved Barrialito AFC from getting behind. In the 77th minute, Alexandros Peropoulos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tristan Franquis was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. Alexandros Peropoulos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tristan Franquis having to interfere. Alexandros Peropoulos scored 2-4 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tristan Franquis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 88 played minutes Miroslav Klöser shot from long distance. At first the shot seemed to be simple for Imperio Catatumbo de Lara's Tristan Franquis to catch but Miroslav Klöser was lucky. It became 3-4 after the goalkeeper had been careless and dropped the ball into goal. In the 92nd minute, Alexandros Peropoulos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tristan Franquis was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-4.