Prized/Friendly Cup

Octavio Hondo
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Artemio Esdras's late challenge caught a Leones FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Artemio Esdras helped the player get up and apologised. If Wilfredo Quinto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 13 minutes into the match, Valla Fc's goalkeeper Antoine Lovera had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Wilfredo Quinto. Leopoldo Lastur showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peter Töpfer in the 18th minute of the match. In the 20th minute Ciro Fata shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leopoldo Lastur saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 30th minute Tor-Ivar Kalland shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leopoldo Lastur saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Valla Fc's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tor-Ivar Kalland in the 32nd minute. The corner ended in Tor-Ivar Kalland almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Leones FC's Leopoldo Lastur did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Peter Töpfer in the 34th minute of play forced Leones FC's goalkeeper Leopoldo Lastur to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Leopoldo Lastur took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ciro Fata, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 36th minute Ciro Fata shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leopoldo Lastur saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Antoine Lovera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dario Gaizko went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Antoine Lovera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicanor Florinio in the 48th minute of play. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ciro Fata to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute Ciro Fata shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leopoldo Lastur saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 55th minute Wilfredo Quinto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antoine Lovera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Kevin Nykvist during the 56th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Valla Fc getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Kevin Nykvist hit a great ball. In the 57th minute of the match Dante Mannie shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Antoine Lovera showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Leopoldo Lastur made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ciro Fata in the 59th minute of play. Peter Töpfer who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 60thth minute tested the skills of Leopoldo Lastur when he managed to save the team from getting behind. When Artemio Esdras was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 69 minutes had been played. After 69 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Valla Fc! Antoine Lovera had in the 71stth minute some difficulties stopping Dante Mannie's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Leopoldo Lastur made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Ciro Fata sent off a good shot on target. Tor-Ivar Kalland charged in rather forcefully in the 78th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tor-Ivar Kalland the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Tor-Ivar Kalland kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Antoine Lovera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wilfredo Quinto, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Martin Asier made in the 86th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Alejo Louis. Antoine Lovera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wilfredo Quinto, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Edgardo Calvino managed to get in a good position for a shot. Leones FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Edgardo Calvino was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Antoine Lovera breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Despite being the better team, Valla Fc failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.