Official Cup

Fernando Redondo
Spectators: 157 (Terracing: 118, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Okanalp Özdil made the kick off which started today's match. Lu Chao Jun stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Erling Håland's shot from short distance in the 6th minute. Salvador Urki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Okanalp Özdil in the 11th minute of play. Aro Cannavaro hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. A nice corner shot did that Irvine Marcello got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Salvador Urki quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Erling Håland scored 2-1 in the 31st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lu Chao Jun, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Erling Håland's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lu Chao Jun was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in PMFC 2018's zone, Erling Håland stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lu Chao Jun came out of the goal and Erling Håland tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 45thth minute of the game Okanalp Özdil who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Juguemos con el 5's Salvador Urki was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Erling Håland made the kick off in the second half. Erling Håland took the ball and in the 55 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lu Chao Jun. Lu Chao Jun dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. Lu Chao Jun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Erling Håland, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 60th minute, Erling Håland made a precise shot to the right of Lu Chao Jun. PMFC 2018's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. When Juguemos con el 5's Jorge Ekaitz in the 68th minute got a chance for a shot 68th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye PMFC 2018's goalie prevented a goal. Salvador Urki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Okanalp Özdil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, PMFC 2018's Aro Cannavaro got a free kick in the 75th minute. Juguemos con el 5's Ali Atıf Hekimhanlı was substituted for Robustiano Quintin. Aro Cannavaro hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Jorge Ekaitz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lu Chao Jun having to interfere. In the 87th minute Ahmet Nasir Başayoğlu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Salvador Urki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 90 minutes into the match, Jorge Ekaitz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lu Chao Jun. PMFC 2018's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jorge Ekaitz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-1. Aro Cannavaro kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. Lu Chao Jun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jorge Ekaitz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 95 minutes PMFC 2018's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Joaquin Rufio who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Juguemos con el 5's corner Joaquin Rufio fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Lu Chao Jun quite easily take care of the ball. Juguemos con el 5 were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of PMFC 2018 for a fine match.