Prized/Friendly Cup

Manfredi
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Santiago Abreu started the match with the kick off. In the 8th minute Celestiales were awarded a corner. Jiang Sha went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Celestiales's corner Jiang Sha fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Roman Vachon quite easily take care of the ball. Roman Vachon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Santiago Abreu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Jiang Sha came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the Celestiales 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 Jiang Sha couldn't finish the play. Iker Madrid didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Manfredi AFC's Filomeno Remir shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-0 in the ordered_time% minute. 18 minutes in the game Cheng Xiong Ang did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Kieran Listkowski. In the 25th minute Filomeno Remir shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iker Madrid saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 28 minutes into the match, Santiago Abreu notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Manfredi AFC's Roman Vachon. Roman Vachon was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of Manfredi AFC booed when Celestiales was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Florin Simuţ didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 35 minutes, Filomeno Remir managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Manfredi AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Filomeno Remir was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Filomeno Remir managed to get in a good position for a shot. Manfredi AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Filomeno Remir was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Iker Madrid breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Santiago Abreu in the 46th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Roman Vachon saved Manfredi AFC from getting behind. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the 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. Filomeno Remir was the one to do the kick off. Santiago Abreu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Roman Vachon made a huge save. In the 56th minute, Albano Millan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Manfredi AFC made a substitution. Qiu Lin Yi replaced Aristides Cesaro. Celestiales made a substitution. Eustaquio Eudoxio replaced Santiago Abreu. Manfredi AFC made a substitution. Son Banana replaced Filomeno Remir. A sloppy throw-in by Ramiro Lleir in the 74th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Manfredi AFC's Kieran Listkowski. With his leg Roman Vachon managed to avoid a goal in the 76thth minute, when Celestiales's Eustaquio Eudoxio fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Rigoberto Botello kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. In the 80th match minute, Celestiales was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jiang Sha to maneuver through the defense. Iker Madrid showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Qiu Lin Yi in the 81st minute of the match. 83 minutes into the game, Virgilio Tajo threw the ball into play from the sideline. Celestiales's Rigoberto Botello quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Celestiales's Florin Simuţ pulled a muscle in his back after 84 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Virgilio Tajo charged in rather forcefully in the 85th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Virgilio Tajo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 86th match minute, Manfredi AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Virgilio Tajo to maneuver through the defense. 87 minutes into the match, Jiang Sha dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Roman Vachon, 2-3.

Celestiales's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.