Official Cup

Sorocayómetro
Spectators: 169 (Terracing: 127, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Adrián Espadas made the kick off which started today's match. Hernan Lano charged in rather forcefully in the 2nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hernan Lano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 2nd match minute, Soroca F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hernan Lano to maneuver through the defense. Vitaliy Vischak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timoteo Columbo in the 3rd minute of the match. Vitaliy Vischak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jakub Fedor in the 14th minute of the match. With a little luck, Academia 1903's Primo Speranza got control of the ball when Hernan Lano tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 24th minute Jakub Fedor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vitaliy Vischak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Timoteo Columbo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vitaliy Vischak having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jeremias Ezkerra in the 30th minute of play forced Soroca F.C.'s goalkeeper Vitaliy Vischak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Academia 1903's Primo Speranza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adrián Espadas in the 33rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jakub Fedor in the 35th minute of play forced Soroca F.C.'s goalkeeper Vitaliy Vischak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vitaliy Vischak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marco Rincón in the 37th minute of play. Academia 1903's Primo Speranza proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save Academia 1903 from getting a goal against them. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Adrián Espadas in the 41st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Primo Speranza saved Academia 1903 from getting behind. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

Academia 1903 made a substitution. Gérard Magyar replaced Jakub Fedor. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Timoteo Columbo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Timoteo Columbo might have been able to make a better finish in the 56th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vitaliy Vischak. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Timoteo Columbo ran back to his position shaking his head. 58 minutes into the match, Gustavo Tartalo notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Academia 1903's Primo Speranza. Primo Speranza was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Academia 1903 made a substitution. Leon Matthäus replaced Timoteo Columbo. Vitaliy Vischak was out of position in the 64 minute of play, and Leon Matthäus capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Leon Matthäus really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. Răzvan Necula's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Primo Speranza read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 69th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Soroca F.C.'s Răzvan Necula got a free kick in the 76th minute. In the 77th match minute, Soroca F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Răzvan Necula to maneuver through the defense. Cyprien Combaz made in the 82nd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Zézinho Neiva immediately put the ball in play. Primo Speranza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Răzvan Necula in the 84th minute of the match. After 85 minutes Academia 1903's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gustavo Tartalo who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Iordanis Karatzaferis almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Academia 1903's Primo Speranza did a great save. In the 87th minute, Răzvan Necula made a precise shot to the right of Primo Speranza. Academia 1903's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. In the 89th match minute, Academia 1903 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gérard Magyar to maneuver through the defense. In the 93rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Academia 1903's goalkeeper Primo Speranza, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 95 minutes into the match, Soroca F.C.'s Răzvan Necula sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Primo Speranza narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Soroca F.C. fans cheered their team off the field, for while Academia 1903 had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.