Prized/Friendly Cup

St Johns Wood
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Sílvio Veiga took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, Symba's Sílvio Veiga got a free kick in the 4th minute. 6 minutes into the match, Emīls Umbrass had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Anis Achour. Symba's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Emīls Umbrass was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Ivor Peake managed to get in a good position for a shot. Zecku's supporters rose to their feet, but Ivor Peake was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Anis Achour breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Anis Achour made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Júlio Vaz in the 10th minute of play. In the 11th minute of the match Zecku got a corner. Symba's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Wilfredo Lazcano ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Wilfredo Lazcano got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Anis Achour quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Petre Encuțescu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sílvio Veiga in the 14th minute of play. In the 18th minute, David Miliano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sílvio Veiga received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Petre Encuțescu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Garry Mann kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. In the 25th minute, Emīls Umbrass left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Zecku fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Anis Achour made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emīls Umbrass in the 30th minute of play. Zecku's Petre Encuțescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sílvio Veiga in the 34th minute of play. Anis Achour showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivor Peake in the 38th minute of the match. When Zecku's Ivor Peake in the 40th minute got a chance for a shot 40th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Symba's goalie prevented a goal. Anis Achour made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cássio Rocks in the 43rd minute of play. In the 48th minute Emīls Umbrass shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anis Achour saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cássio Rocks stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tacettin Umay in the 62nd minute of play forced Zecku's goalkeeper Petre Encuțescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zecku's Petre Encuțescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gus Wootton in the 63rd minute of play. Júlio Vaz took the ball and in the 65 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Anis Achour. Anis Achour dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. Zecku's Petre Encuțescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomás San Juan in the 69th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cássio Rocks in the 76th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Anis Achour saved Symba from getting behind. Sílvio Veiga's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Petre Encuțescu read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 78th minute of play. Petre Encuțescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomás San Juan in the 82nd minute of the match. Symba's Anis Achour proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save Symba from getting a goal against them. Petre Encuțescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomás San Juan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sílvio Veiga in the 92nd minute of play forced Zecku's goalkeeper Petre Encuțescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Symba's Anis Achour played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cássio Rocks in the 94th minute of play. When Zecku's Cássio Rocks in 94 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Anis Achour guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. Zecku's Petre Encuțescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tacettin Umay in the 97th minute of play. Zecku's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.