Prized/Friendly Cup

The Naked Grounds
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Elliot Morgan started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute of the match tHe SOnS of rAGnar got a corner. No Pants FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Grigoris Kornaros ran over to the corner to take the kick. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Fiz Biembengén advanced and headed the ball into goal, 0-1 in the 4th minute. Robbie Neilson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Walter Giardino in the 7th minute of play. Robbie Neilson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Walter Giardino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 12th match minute, No Pants FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Samuel McElfrish to maneuver through the defense. Robbie Neilson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexis Alexandris in the 15th minute of play. 17 minutes into the game, tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Walter Giardino nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Robbie Neilson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. In the 26th minute, Archie Morris hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the No Pants FC defense, Alexis Alexandris kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Robbie Neilson. The No Pants FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Robbie Neilson should have stopped the shot. The corner led to tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Fiz Biembengén getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. The attack was good, but when Walter Giardino in the 33rd minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. 36 minutes into the match, tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Walter Giardino sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Robbie Neilson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. No Pants FC:s Robbie Neilson showed great skill when he stopped Alexis Alexandris:s penalty. Laurence Snow might have been able to make a better finish in the 38th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Robbie Neilson. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Laurence Snow ran back to his position shaking his head. Robbie Neilson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Walter Giardino went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Robbie Neilson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Walter Giardino in the 43rd minute of play. A sloppy throw-in by Karl-Åke Norling in the 45th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by No Pants FC's Samuel McElfrish. A sloppy throw-in by Benjamin Mikolas in the 46th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by No Pants FC's Gregor McFeat.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Walter Giardino to strike the kick off in the second half. Robbie Neilson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Walter Giardino went, in the 52nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. A collision led to No Pants FC getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Archie Morris hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Walter Giardino in the 56th minute of play forced No Pants FC's goalkeeper Robbie Neilson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. José Sá made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elliot Morgan in the 57th minute of play. No Pants FC's Robbie Neilson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save No Pants FC from getting a goal against them. Robbie Neilson came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Walter Giardino. But to his dismay, Walter Giardino quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. tHe SOnS of rAGnar made a substitution. Charis Leontiou replaced Grigoris Kornaros. Robbie Neilson was a little too slow when Walter Giardino got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 67th minute. The score was now 0-7. In the 72nd minute, Gregor McFeat hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 73rd minute Walter Giardino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Robbie Neilson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 77th minute Alexis Alexandris shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Robbie Neilson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Walter Giardino was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 78th minute. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Robbie Neilson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Walter Giardino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Robbie Neilson was a little too slow when Walter Giardino got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 87th minute. The score was now 0-9. 90 minutes into the match, Alexis Alexandris dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Robbie Neilson, 0-10. The supporters of tHe SOnS of rAGnar booed when No Pants FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Elliot Morgan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Walter Giardino took the ball and in the 94 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Robbie Neilson. Robbie Neilson dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-11. The No Pants FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. tHe SOnS of rAGnar were clearly better and deserved to take the win.