Prized/Friendly Cup

Diego A Maradona
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lino Rios took the kick off in the first half of the match. 5 minutes into the match, Lino Rios notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of NECKER49's Maximino Hitz. Maximino Hitz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 9th minute Isidoro Fagondo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roberto Eztebe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the NECKER49 defense, Lino Rios kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Maximino Hitz. The NECKER49 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Maximino Hitz should have stopped the shot. Björn-Torben Kappel kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. After 26 minutes of play, AFC FUSION's Lino Rios made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Maximino Hitz was left in no man's land by his defense there! Roberto Eztebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isidoro Fagondo in the 31st minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 35 minutes, Lino Rios took a quick shot and it went in 4-0 without a chance for Maximino Hitz to make any attempt to save it. Lino Rios might have been able to make a better finish in the 40th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Maximino Hitz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lino Rios ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lino Rios in the 40th minute of play forced NECKER49's goalkeeper Maximino Hitz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 42nd match minute, NECKER49 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Björn-Torben Kappel to maneuver through the defense. Lino Rios sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Dawid Beckham fell near the penalty area in the 46th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored AFC FUSION's protests and gave Dawid Beckham a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, AFC FUSION's Dawid Beckham got a free kick in the 46th minute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. John Skytt was the one to do the kick off. The audience was convinced that Lino Rios's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Maximino Hitz was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lino Rios in the 60th minute of play forced NECKER49's goalkeeper Maximino Hitz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. AFC FUSION's Jan Hop was substituted for Wojciech Fiszer. Maximino Hitz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guido Txindoki in the 75th minute of the match. AFC FUSION's Roberto Eztebe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by John Skytt in the 77th minute of play. Isidoro Fagondo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Roberto Eztebe made a huge save. Björn-Torben Kappel's late challenge caught a AFC FUSION's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Björn-Torben Kappel helped the player get up and apologised. Björn-Torben Kappel hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. In the 87th minute, Björn-Torben Kappel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 89 minutes into the game, Douglas Falcão threw the ball into play from the sideline. AFC FUSION's Germano Bettencourt quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Germano Bettencourt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Maximino Hitz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Björn-Torben Kappel hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. Björn-Torben Kappel kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. Roberto Eztebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Horacio Silvino in the 96th minute of the match. NECKER49's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.