Challenge

Mancini Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Bozhil Vaptzarov kicked off to start the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bozhil Vaptzarov in the 5th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Bruno Barrett prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Bruno Barrett came out of the goal in the 6th minute to try and stop a shot by U.D. Mancini's Bozhil Vaptzarov. But to his dismay, Bozhil Vaptzarov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. 12 minutes into the game, U.D. Mancini's Bozhil Vaptzarov nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bruno Barrett made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. U.D. Mancini's Agustín Pedrosa managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Jordan Porter in the 17 minute of the game. After some careless play in the Curacao defense, Bozhil Vaptzarov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bruno Barrett. The Curacao fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bruno Barrett should have stopped the shot. Agustín Pedrosa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Bruno Barrett tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Bozhil Vaptzarov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bruno Barrett was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. If Bozhil Vaptzarov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bozhil Vaptzarov in the 27th minute of play forced Curacao's goalkeeper Bruno Barrett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 29 minutes had been played when some careless play by Curacao's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Bozhil Vaptzarov was slow to take the kick. During this time U.D. Mancini's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Curacao's goalie and right to Nemesio Quiroga. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Curacao's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 31st match minute, Curacao was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rocco Owen to maneuver through the defense. In the 34th match minute, U.D. Mancini was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amadeo Ziguenza to maneuver through the defense. Bruno Barrett took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bozhil Vaptzarov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 39 minutes, Bozhil Vaptzarov made it 4-0 with a short kick to the right side. Curacao's Bruno Barrett tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. U.D. Mancini's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Bozhil Vaptzarov in the 43rd minute. The corner ended in Rudolf Esken almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Curacao's Bruno Barrett did a great save. Bruno Barrett showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bozhil Vaptzarov in the 45th minute of the match.

U.D. Mancini's Rolando Salvatore got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Bozhil Vaptzarov scored 5-0 in the 59th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bruno Barrett, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 63 minutes of play, U.D. Mancini's Bozhil Vaptzarov made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bruno Barrett was left in no man's land by his defense there! Bozhil Vaptzarov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Bruno Barrett tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bozhil Vaptzarov scored 7-0 in the 69th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bruno Barrett, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. U.D. Mancini's attentive Rolando Salvatore managed to snatch the ball when Jordan Porter made a throw-in in the 72nd minute of the game. In the 74th minute the ball was on its way in behind Curacao's goalkeeper Bruno Barrett, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bozhil Vaptzarov in the 76th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Bruno Barrett prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 76 minutes into the game, Rocco Owen was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Curacao's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave U.D. Mancini the free kick. Rocco Owen hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Rocco Owen kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. The supporters of U.D. Mancini booed when Curacao was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jordan Porter didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bruno Barrett made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bozhil Vaptzarov in the 81st minute of play. Bruno Barrett made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bozhil Vaptzarov in the 84th minute of play. When the match clock showed 86 minutes, the score became 8-0 when Bozhil Vaptzarov sped through Curacao's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Bruno Barrett. Bozhil Vaptzarov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 91st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Bruno Barrett made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bozhil Vaptzarov in the 93rd minute of play. Charles Cox hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. When the referee ended the match the U.D. Mancini players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.