Prized/Friendly Cup

Iván Elías Moreno
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Tirant lo Blanch's Leonard Treppa started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. CD Municipal's Evtim Kúrdzhev quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Song Peng Han, made in the 3rd minute of the game. Kamal Pahlevi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martino Armona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 15 minutes into the match, CD Municipal's goal looked a bit too open when Leonard Treppa came free, but George Forsyth reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, CD Municipal's Federico Puja got a free kick in the 16th minute. George Forsyth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonard Treppa in the 17th minute of the match. 20 minutes into the match, Tirant lo Blanch's goalkeeper Kamal Pahlevi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Martino Armona. Tirant lo Blanch's Kamal Pahlevi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martino Armona in the 22nd minute of play. Enrique Cassaretto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Kamal Pahlevi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Enrique Cassaretto in the 23rd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Leonard Treppa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but George Forsyth was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. After 31 minutes CD Municipal's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Pitin Vallejo who took care of the corner kick. Pitin Vallejo made a great header on Tirant lo Blanch's corner, it was just that CD Municipal's George Forsyth managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 33rd minute, Dabi Barba hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dabi Barba kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. The throw-in from Federico Puja in the 38th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Tirant lo Blanch's Dabi Barba. George Forsyth made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iván Arraz in the 41st minute of play. If Leonard Treppa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 47th minute, Federico Puja hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Enrique Cassaretto was the one to do the kick off. Enrique Cassaretto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 56 minutes into the match, Tirant lo Blanch's Leonard Treppa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that George Forsyth narrowly saved just below the crossbar. CD Municipal's Peter Haber was substituted for Evtim Kúrdzhev. Tirant lo Blanch were awarded a corner in the 59th minute after CD Municipal's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Pitin Vallejo took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Song Peng Han got away a dangerous shot. Despite this George Forsyth quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. A collision led to CD Municipal getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Peter Haber hit a great ball. Tirant lo Blanch's Dabi Barba quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Federico Puja, made in the 65th minute of the game. In the 66th minute Leonard Treppa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but George Forsyth saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aureliano Buendia hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. George Forsyth showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonard Treppa, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Kamal Pahlevi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Enrique Cassaretto, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. With a little luck, CD Municipal's George Forsyth got control of the ball when Carmen Paniagua tried to sneak it across the goal line. 88 minutes into the match, CD Municipal's goalkeeper George Forsyth had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Carmen Paniagua. George Forsyth made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when Carmen Paniagua sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to Tirant lo Blanch getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Jefferson Pinheiro hit a great ball.

When the referee blew the final whistle, CD Municipal could leave the field as winners, despite Tirant lo Blanch having more of the ball for most of the match.