Official Cup

El Coloso de Mardel
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Qiu Yuan Jun got the match started through his kick off. POPULAR F.C's Váldson Tande managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Qiu Yuan Jun in the 7 minute of the game. Denis Urtats didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Victorio Pabla went, in the 9th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. The referee felt a red card was in order, 15 minutes into the game, when Dimitry Samyn put in a rough tackle. The referee gave POPULAR F.C a penalty, 18 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Victorio Pabla, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Knight Of Dawn's Denis Urtats. 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victorio Pabla in the 29th minute of play forced Knight Of Dawn's goalkeeper Denis Urtats to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 31 minutes into the match, Knight Of Dawn's goal looked a bit too open when Victorio Pabla came free, but Denis Urtats reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Denis Urtats made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victorio Pabla in the 33rd minute of play. In the 42nd minute, Victorio Pabla left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The POPULAR F.C fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Knight Of Dawn's Denis Urtats played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Váldson Tande in the 45th minute of play. 46 minutes had been played when some careless play by Knight Of Dawn's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gilson Cordeiro was slow to take the kick. During this time POPULAR F.C's players had a chance to rest. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Hilario Fix made in the 54th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Qiu Yuan Jun. Gilson Cordeiro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 55th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Knight Of Dawn's Danilo Matro was substituted for Gregorio Caton. Denis Urtats showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victorio Pabla, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Denis Urtats showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victorio Pabla, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Denis Urtats showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victorio Pabla, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. The supporters of Knight Of Dawn booed when POPULAR F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gilson Cordeiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. POPULAR F.C made a substitution. Sílvio Luís Pires replaced Maicon de Godoi. Gilson Cordeiro hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. After 83 played minutes Knight Of Dawn got a freekick which was hit by Hilario Fix. In the 87th minute, Denílson Prado hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 94 minutes into the match, Victorio Pabla had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Denis Urtats. Knight Of Dawn's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Victorio Pabla was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4.