Official Cup

Marcelo Gallardo
Spectators: 169 (Terracing: 127, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Christiano Ronaldo kicked off to start the match. Herminio Otsando showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christiano Ronaldo in the 3rd minute of the match. Herminio Otsando showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christiano Ronaldo, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. In the 5th minute Christiano Ronaldo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Herminio Otsando saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Unione Sportiva's Teukros Economides got a free kick in the 6th minute. Khariklo Bilias's late challenge caught a Cridas FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Khariklo Bilias helped the player get up and apologised. In the 7th minute, Khariklo Bilias hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A hard shot 8 in the game by Ermegildo Olivar from a close distance when the talented Fernado Alves managed to make a qualified save. Unione Sportiva's players were relieved. Unione Sportiva's attentive Kimon Yfantis managed to snatch the ball when Cristo Daunte made a throw-in in the 9th minute of the game. In the 11th match minute, Unione Sportiva was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Khariklo Bilias to maneuver through the defense. In the 14th minute, Christiano Ronaldo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Unione Sportiva fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 23rd match minute, Unione Sportiva was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kimon Yfantis to maneuver through the defense. 26 minutes into the match, Cridas FC's goal looked a bit too open when Christiano Ronaldo came free, but Herminio Otsando reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 27 minutes into the game, Unione Sportiva's Christiano Ronaldo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Herminio Otsando made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Unione Sportiva's Christiano Ronaldo got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Unione Sportiva's Ptolemeus Giannopoulos got a free kick in the 36th minute. In the 42nd minute, Christiano Ronaldo made a precise shot to the right of Herminio Otsando. Cridas FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Unione Sportiva's Khariklo Bilias got his second yellow card of the match in the 45th minute. The referee ordered Khariklo Bilias off the ground. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sánchez in the 47th minute of play forced Unione Sportiva's goalkeeper Fernado Alves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Lucio Hori was the one to do the kick off. Thanks to some nice moves Kimon Yfantis could shoot a difficult shot in the 53rd minute, which Herminio Otsando however easily saved by the left post. 0-4 became the score in the 54th minute when Christiano Ronaldo elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 81 minutes into the game, Tao Kun Xuan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Unione Sportiva's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Cridas FC the free kick. Tao Kun Xuan hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. 84 minutes into the match, Christiano Ronaldo dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Herminio Otsando, 0-7. Christiano Ronaldo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 89 minutes into the match, Christiano Ronaldo notched a goal, 0-8, to the right of Cridas FC's Herminio Otsando. Herminio Otsando was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Unione Sportiva's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.