Official Cup

LA BOMBONERA
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lucas Simão took the kick off in the first half of the match. Jean-François Baudu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Qian Cheng Xing's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. In the 5th minute of the match the xeneise dream team got a corner. Fierce's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Andoni Paut ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led to the xeneise dream team's Lucio Gabino getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Fierce's Jean-François Baudu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Qian Cheng Xing in the 9th minute of play. Habil Castolo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Jean-François Baudu made a huge save. A hard shot 17 in the game by Habil Castolo from a close distance when the talented Jean-François Baudu managed to make a qualified save. Fierce's players were relieved. After a rather tough play, the xeneise dream team's Andoni Paut got a free kick in the 21st minute. Fierce's defense didn't have a chance, in the 22nd minute, when Arda Ardashov scored to the left of an out of position Jean-François Baudu, making the score, 1-0. Jean-François Baudu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Qian Cheng Xing, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. 29 minutes into the match, Fierce's goal looked a bit too open when Qian Cheng Xing came free, but Jean-François Baudu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jean-François Baudu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Qian Cheng Xing's shot from short distance in the 31st minute. 32 minutes into the match, the xeneise dream team's Qian Cheng Xing sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jean-François Baudu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 33 minutes had been played when some careless play by Fierce's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Andoni Paut was slow to take the kick. During this time the xeneise dream team's players had a chance to rest. Habil Castolo made a great header on the xeneise dream team's corner, it was just that Fierce's Jean-François Baudu managed to reach the ball for a save. Fierce's defense didn't have a chance, in the 35th minute, when Qian Cheng Xing scored to the left of an out of position Jean-François Baudu, making the score, 2-0. Jean-François Baudu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arda Ardashov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 40th minute Qian Cheng Xing shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jean-François Baudu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With his leg Jean-François Baudu managed to avoid a goal in the 43rdth minute, when the xeneise dream team's Habil Castolo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 45 played minutes Fierce got a freekick which was hit by Lucas Simão. After 47 played minutes Fierce got a freekick which was hit by Alou Loret. Fierce's defense didn't have a chance, in the 47th minute, when Qian Cheng Xing scored to the left of an out of position Jean-François Baudu, making the score, 3-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Habil Castolo made the kick off in the second half. Jean-François Baudu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Habil Castolo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Alou Loret was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 53 minutes had been played. Jean-François Baudu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Qian Cheng Xing in the 55th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Qian Cheng Xing's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jean-François Baudu was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. 57 minutes into the match, Fierce's goal looked a bit too open when Habil Castolo came free, but Jean-François Baudu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Habil Castolo in the 62nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jean-François Baudu saved Fierce from getting behind. After 63 minutes Fierce's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Andoni Paut who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Andoni Paut got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jean-François Baudu quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Habil Castolo in the 65th minute of play forced Fierce's goalkeeper Jean-François Baudu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. the xeneise dream team made a substitution. Isaac Sundberg replaced Lucio Gabino. the xeneise dream team's Paolo Eutor was substituted for Qian Cheng Xing. After 72 played minutes Fierce got a freekick which was hit by Mathis Robles. In the 73rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Fierce's goalkeeper Jean-François Baudu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 74 minutes of play, the xeneise dream team's Paolo Eutor made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jean-François Baudu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Andrea Bocelli hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. If Paolo Eutor had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 84 minutes into the match, Habil Castolo notched a goal, 7-0, to the right of Fierce's Jean-François Baudu. Jean-François Baudu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The the xeneise dream team fans' excitement grew in the 88th match minute when the xeneise dream team's Paolo Eutor looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 8-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Paolo Eutor's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jean-François Baudu read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 91st minute of play. In the 93rd minute, Paolo Eutor left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The the xeneise dream team fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 9-0. When the xeneise dream team's Paolo Eutor in the 96th minute got a chance for a shot 96th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Fierce's goalie prevented a goal. The corner led the xeneise dream team's Andoni Paut to fire away a dangerous shot which Jean-François Baudu despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball.