Prized/Friendly Cup

El Templo Tiki
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, 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. Atilla Bumin Hızlan started the match with the kick off. Garlic Eaters's defense didn't have a chance, in the 4th minute, when Atilla Bumin Hızlan scored to the left of an out of position Nikolay Bonkov, making the score, 1-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Atilla Bumin Hızlan got free with Nikolay Bonkov in the 9th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sergey Nikiforenko could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Nikolay Bonkov made a huge save. Atilla Bumin Hızlan did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-0 to the left of a surprised Nikolay Bonkov 12 minutes into the match. Gianluigi Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jozef Lewandowski in the 16th minute of the match. Fitz Lambley blasted a shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gianluigi Buffon having to make a save. Gianluigi Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fitz Lambley in the 21st minute of the match. After some careless play in the Defensores del Tiki Tiki defense, Fitz Lambley kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gianluigi Buffon. The Defensores del Tiki Tiki fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gianluigi Buffon should have stopped the shot. With a little luck, Garlic Eaters's Nikolay Bonkov got control of the ball when Sergey Nikiforenko tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 35 minutes, Antony Best mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Garlic Eaters and the Defensores del Tiki Tiki players grew even worse after the yellow card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Garlic Eaters fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 34th minute. Penalty! Nikolay Bonkov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sergey Nikiforenko in the 45th minute. A collision led to Garlic Eaters getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Antony Best hit a great ball. Jesús Martín shot from long distance in the 47th minute, but Nikolay Bonkov was prepared and stopped the ball at the left post. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Fitz Lambley to strike the kick off in the second half. Nikolay Bonkov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Atilla Bumin Hızlan in the 54th minute of play. In the 55th minute of the match Defensores del Tiki Tiki got a corner. Garlic Eaters's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jesús Martín ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Sergey Nikiforenko got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Nikolay Bonkov quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Gerry Cheeseman took a quick shot and it went in 3-2 without a chance for Gianluigi Buffon to make any attempt to save it. Garlic Eaters made a substitution. Justin Collingwood replaced Noel Broom. After 65 played minutes Garlic Eaters got a freekick which was hit by Pavol Stano. Nico Otamendi hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. In the 71st minute, Garlic Eaters's Justin Collingwood seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Justin Collingwood the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Garlic Eaters protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Justin Collingwood had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 71st minute, one of Garlic Eaters:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Garlic Eaters. Pavol Stano hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. 83 minutes into the match, Garlic Eaters's goal looked a bit too open when Laureano Gaskon came free, but Nikolay Bonkov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Laureano Gaskon took the ball and in the 83 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nikolay Bonkov. Nikolay Bonkov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-2. In the 97th minute Hampus Nordström shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikolay Bonkov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernát Szuper in the 98th minute of play forced Garlic Eaters's goalkeeper Nikolay Bonkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Defensores del Tiki Tiki walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.