Prized/Friendly Cup

Cardo Arena
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Franky Dhondt made the kick off which started today's match. Julio Falcioni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Franco Benvenuto in the 4th minute of the match. After 6 played minutes Timo! got a freekick which was hit by Tiburcio Pacifico. A collision led to Timo! getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. 范崇镇 hit a great ball. When Feliberto Pueblo came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the Cardo Ruso Cordobés fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Feliberto Pueblo couldn't finish the play. Julio Falcioni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arquímedes Cesario in the 9th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 12 minutes, Franky Dhondt put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Elpidio Amor. In the 18th minute the ball was on its way in behind Timo!'s goalkeeper Elpidio Amor, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arquímedes Cesario in the 24th minute of play forced Cardo Ruso Cordobés's goalkeeper Julio Falcioni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julio Falcioni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Telmo Camargo, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Ilie Hurmuz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tiburcio Pacifico made in the 39th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Arquímedes Cesario however managed to control. The supporters of Cardo Ruso Cordobés booed when Timo! was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Franco Benvenuto didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Franky Dhondt managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cardo Ruso Cordobés's supporters rose to their feet, but Franky Dhondt was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Elpidio Amor breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.

The audience was convinced that Franky Dhondt's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Elpidio Amor was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. Arquímedes Cesario could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Julio Falcioni made a huge save. 57 minutes into the match, Cardo Ruso Cordobés's goal looked a bit too open when Izydor Karbowski came free, but Julio Falcioni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cardo Ruso Cordobés's Julio Falcioni proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save Cardo Ruso Cordobés from getting a goal against them. Julio Falcioni made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arquímedes Cesario in the 59th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Franky Dhondt in the 63rd minute of play forced Timo!'s goalkeeper Elpidio Amor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cardo Ruso Cordobés's Julio Falcioni proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save Cardo Ruso Cordobés from getting a goal against them. Cardo Ruso Cordobés's Bennvar Back was substituted for Franky Dhondt. After 69 minutes Cardo Ruso Cordobés's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ergo Are who took care of the corner kick. Ergo Are made a great header on Timo!'s corner, it was just that Cardo Ruso Cordobés's Julio Falcioni managed to reach the ball for a save. Julio Falcioni made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Gelacio in the 71st minute. Julio Falcioni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Izydor Karbowski in the 73rd minute of the match. In the 79th minute Bennvar Back shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elpidio Amor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Julio Falcioni made an important save on a dangerous shot by Izydor Karbowski in the 80th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomas Gelacio got free with Julio Falcioni in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Modesto Urtungo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Elpidio Amor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 88th minute of the game Ergo Are made a throw-in which Ilie Hurmuz played forward. In the 91st minute, Tomas Gelacio left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Timo! fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. 95 minutes into the match, Timo!'s goal looked a bit too open when Bennvar Back came free, but Elpidio Amor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The whistle blew for the end of the second half and the match was still tied. The players were able to take a short break before lining up again for extra-time.

After the break the players went out on the field to play the first half of overtime with revived energy in their legs. Cardo Ruso Cordobés's Bennvar Back started the play with the initial kick off. 101 minutes into the match, Cardo Ruso Cordobés's goal looked a bit too open when Ilie Hurmuz came free, but Julio Falcioni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Ilie Hurmuz came up free with the goalie in the 105th minute, the Timo! fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ilie Hurmuz couldn't finish the play. In the 110th minute Izydor Karbowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julio Falcioni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 112th minute, Izydor Karbowski got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal.

Both teams seemed ready to fight when Timo!'s Franco Benvenuto did the kick off and started the second half in the overtime. Julio Falcioni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Franco Benvenuto, who was totally free with the ball in the 124th minute. Julio Falcioni made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Gelacio in the 127th minute. The game was still level after extra-time. The match had to be settled by penalties!

The referee gave Cardo Ruso Cordobés a penalty, 138 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Samuel Olenberg, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Timo!'s Elpidio Amor. 4-2. The referee gave Timo! a penalty, 140 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Telmo Camargo, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Cardo Ruso Cordobés's Julio Falcioni. 4-3. In the 141st minute there was a penalty for Cardo Ruso Cordobés. Bennvar Back stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Elpidio Amor. 5-3. Cardo Ruso Cordobés's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.