Official Cup

Forge Field
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Froilan Donostia made the kick off which started today's match. Wen Yin Zhen hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Betinho de Azevedo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Froilan Donostia in the 11th minute of play. Gilbert Godefroid sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Betinho de Azevedo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gilbert Godefroid in the 20th minute of the match. Ferdinand Luca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wen Yin Zhen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 24 minutes into the match, SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV's goal looked a bit too open when Önder Aksakal came free, but Ferdinand Luca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Betinho de Azevedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gilbert Godefroid, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. In the 29th minute Önder Aksakal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ferdinand Luca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match clock showed 30 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Froilan Donostia sped through Birmingham Railers FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Betinho de Azevedo. SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV's Ferdinand Luca proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luizão Alagoano in the 36th minute of play forced SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV's goalkeeper Ferdinand Luca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Betinho de Azevedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dave Signoretti, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Jacek Bartocha's late challenge caught a SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jacek Bartocha helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Birmingham Railers FC getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Jacek Bartocha hit a great ball. In the 46th minute Froilan Donostia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Betinho de Azevedo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Önder Aksakal stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Wen Yin Zhen scored 1-1 in the 51st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ferdinand Luca, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 55th minute Wen Yin Zhen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ferdinand Luca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Betinho de Azevedo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gilbert Godefroid in the 61st minute of the match. 67 minutes into the match, Wen Yin Zhen notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV's Ferdinand Luca. Ferdinand Luca was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 73 minutes into the match, Birmingham Railers FC's goal looked a bit too open when Dave Signoretti came free, but Betinho de Azevedo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rafal Dropinski kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. After some careless play in the SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV defense, Luizão Alagoano kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ferdinand Luca. The SPORTIVO BELLA VISTA SBV fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ferdinand Luca should have stopped the shot. Dave Signoretti could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 89th minute of the match, but Betinho de Azevedo made a huge save. Betinho de Azevedo was out of position in the 94 minute of play, and Dave Signoretti capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Dave Signoretti really showed his touch with that goal: 3-2.