Official Cup

Neo-Tokyo Olympic St
Spectators: 141 (Terracing: 107, Seating: 32, VIP seats: 2) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Marco Van Der Taelen started the match with the kick off. Giorgi Mamardashvili stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marco Van Der Taelen's shot from short distance in the 6th minute. 8 minutes into the match, Marco Van Der Taelen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Giorgi Mamardashvili. Akira アキラ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marco Van Der Taelen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Ionuț Corbu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Giorgi Mamardashvili showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marco Van Der Taelen, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. San Ciro Utd's defense didn't have a chance, in the 21st minute, when Laércio Torres scored to the left of an out of position Epifanio Beila, making the score, 1-1. If Marco Van Der Taelen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When the match had gone on for 33 minutes, Liu Zhi Guang took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Epifanio Beila to make any attempt to save it. Romário MacAlister struck a weak shot in the 36th minute. Epifanio Beila didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Akira アキラ. 41 minutes into the match, Akira アキラ's goal looked a bit too open when Marco Van Der Taelen came free, but Giorgi Mamardashvili reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, San Ciro Utd's Alvaro Tercero got a free kick in the 43rd minute. A collision led to San Ciro Utd getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Monte De Toro hit a great ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Laércio Torres stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Josué Lago hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. San Ciro Utd's Ionuț Corbu got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Marco Van Der Taelen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marco Van Der Taelen in the 57th minute of play forced Akira アキラ's goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marco Van Der Taelen in the 59th minute of play forced Akira アキラ's goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 59 minutes into the match, Akira アキラ's goal looked a bit too open when Marco Van Der Taelen came free, but Giorgi Mamardashvili reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Marco Van Der Taelen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 63rd minute Marco Van Der Taelen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Giorgi Mamardashvili saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Akira アキラ booed when San Ciro Utd was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Monte De Toro didn't get a good kick on the ball. San Ciro Utd's attentive Bruno Conti managed to snatch the ball when Tenho Bolas made a throw-in in the 66th minute of the game. Marco Van Der Taelen might have been able to make a better finish in the 67th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Giorgi Mamardashvili. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Marco Van Der Taelen ran back to his position shaking his head. Giorgi Mamardashvili showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marco Van Der Taelen in the 72nd minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Marco Van Der Taelen managed to get in a good position for a shot. San Ciro Utd's supporters rose to their feet, but Marco Van Der Taelen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Giorgi Mamardashvili breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 80 minutes into the game, Marco Van Der Taelen recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Giorgi Mamardashvili. Marco Van Der Taelen showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-2. Marco Van Der Taelen struck a weak shot in the 83rd minute. Giorgi Mamardashvili didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for San Ciro Utd. Giorgi Mamardashvili showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marco Van Der Taelen in the 85th minute of the match. In the 86th match minute, Akira アキラ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Laércio Torres to maneuver through the defense. Marco Van Der Taelen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Giorgi Mamardashvili having to interfere. Ionuț Corbu came free with the goalkeeper in the 91st minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Giorgi Mamardashvili could save by the left post. Tenho Bolas made in the 92nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Josué Lago. Marco Van Der Taelen succeeded in the game's 95th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-3. When the final whistle sounded San Ciro Utd left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Akira アキラ.