Official Cup

El Potrero
Spectators: 511 (Terracing: 384, Seating: 117, VIP seats: 10) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Leonello Messias kicked off to start the match. Loco Malo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ruperto Incendio, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. In the 16th minute the ball was on its way in behind phoinix fc's goalkeeper Fausto Nisio, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 16 minutes into the match, Lu Bin Cheng notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of phoinix fc's Fausto Nisio. Fausto Nisio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 20 minutes into the match, phoinix fc's goal looked a bit too open when Leonello Messias came free, but Fausto Nisio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fausto Nisio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonello Messias, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. After a defensive mix-up in Lagrima en Jarrita's zone, Ruperto Incendio stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Loco Malo came out of the goal and Ruperto Incendio tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Loco Malo was out of position in the 26 minute of play, and Ruperto Incendio capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ruperto Incendio really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. Loco Malo made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Ruperto Incendio sent off a good shot on target. phoinix fc's Fausto Nisio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lu Bin Cheng in the 38th minute of play. Fausto Nisio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonello Messias, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Lagrima en Jarrita's Loco Malo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ruperto Incendio in the 41st minute of play. When Lu Bin Cheng came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the Lagrima en Jarrita 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 Lu Bin Cheng couldn't finish the play. Fausto Nisio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonello Messias, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Aku Ylönen was the one to do the kick off. Lagrima en Jarrita's Kong Hao Xi was substituted for Lu Bin Cheng. Lagrima en Jarrita's Aristide Ştefănoiu was substituted for Leonello Messias. A sloppy throw-in by Pedro Calvo in the 57th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by phoinix fc's Ceferino Johans. 59 minutes into the match, phoinix fc's goal looked a bit too open when Ma Mo Feng came free, but Fausto Nisio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 65 minutes into the match, Ma Mo Feng notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of phoinix fc's Fausto Nisio. Fausto Nisio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ma Mo Feng in the 71st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fausto Nisio saved phoinix fc from getting behind. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ma Mo Feng in the 72nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Fausto Nisio prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A nice corner shot did that Olgierd Karanowski got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Fausto Nisio quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 75th minute the ball was on its way in behind phoinix fc's goalkeeper Fausto Nisio, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ma Mo Feng in the 80th minute of play forced phoinix fc's goalkeeper Fausto Nisio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, phoinix fc's Fausto Nisio got control of the ball when Kong Hao Xi tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match had gone on for 85 minutes, Kong Hao Xi took a quick shot and it went in 2-3 without a chance for Fausto Nisio to make any attempt to save it. After 89 minutes of play, Lagrima en Jarrita's Ma Mo Feng made it 2-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fausto Nisio was left in no man's land by his defense there! Fausto Nisio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ma Mo Feng, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute.

Lagrima en Jarrita's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.