Prized/Friendly Cup

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Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Christoforos Manousopoulos took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Marco Van Der Taelen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Altos Gatos FC were awarded a corner in the 9th minute after NIKE Academy's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Dinç Tuncay took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Dinç Tuncay got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ola Wall quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 11 minutes into the match, Altos Gatos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Marco Van Der Taelen came free, but Christian Kiliz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 13th minute, Agustin Villalobos managed to get in a good position for a shot. Altos Gatos FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Agustin Villalobos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ola Wall breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Javier Santo in the 16th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ola Wall prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Rosendo Sesuldo's late challenge caught a NIKE Academy's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rosendo Sesuldo helped the player get up and apologised. In the 22nd minute, Óscar Ruggieri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Marco Van Der Taelen in the 22nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Christian Kiliz saved Altos Gatos FC from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Marco Van Der Taelen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Christian Kiliz was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. Thomas Termander got a throw-in 24 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Lu Lin. After 25 minutes of play, Altos Gatos FC's Javier Santo made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ola Wall was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Javier Santo in the 35th minute of play forced NIKE Academy's goalkeeper Ola Wall to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 36 minutes had been played when some careless play by NIKE Academy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dinç Tuncay was slow to take the kick. During this time Altos Gatos FC's players had a chance to rest. Ola Wall took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Javier Santo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Javier Santo in the 39th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ola Wall prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After having played for 41 minutes, Javier Santo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Altos Gatos FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Javier Santo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 45th minute, Javier Santo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Altos Gatos FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. After the first half Altos Gatos FC were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Javier Santo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Thomas Termander made in the 52nd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Lu Lin immediately put the ball in play. After having played for 52 minutes, Javier Santo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Altos Gatos FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Javier Santo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Christian Kiliz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christoforos Manousopoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 58th minute the ball was on its way in behind NIKE Academy's goalkeeper Ola Wall, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 65th minute, Javier Santo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Altos Gatos FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. In the 70th minute Dinç Tuncay shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ola Wall saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Christian Kiliz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marco Van Der Taelen, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. The audience was convinced that Carolo Abancens's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ola Wall was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. In the last second Ola Wall throw himself and got hold of the ball when Carolo Abancens in the 78thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Ola Wall made an important save on a dangerous shot by Carolo Abancens in the 80th minute. A hard shot 91 in the game by Carolo Abancens from a close distance when the talented Ola Wall managed to make a qualified save. NIKE Academy's players were relieved. 91 minutes into the game, Carolo Abancens lined in a short shot 1-4 behind a frustrated Ola Wall. Altos Gatos FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.