Prized/Friendly Cup

Santiago Bernabéu
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. Manole Cristoiu started the match with the kick off. SV Bad Harzburg's Jacek Matuch played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Manole Cristoiu in the 6th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Orgullo's Mario Zapatero got a free kick in the 7th minute. After 11 minutes SV Bad Harzburg's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Yan Chuan Yang who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Yan Chuan Yang got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jacek Matuch quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Jacek Matuch made an important save on a dangerous shot by Manole Cristoiu in the 20th minute. Artzai Tarin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teodor Covaci in the 22nd minute of the match. 23 minutes in the game Nordine Ighil did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Kaimo Liiva. Artzai Tarin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jurek Ohrem, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 32nd minute, Jurek Ohrem left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SV Bad Harzburg fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Artzai Tarin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jurek Ohrem, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 37thth minute of the game Manole Cristoiu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SV Bad Harzburg's Jacek Matuch was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Artzai Tarin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Silvestre Loi in the 39th minute of play. SV Bad Harzburg were awarded a corner in the 40th minute after Orgullo's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jurek Ohrem took the corner. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Silvestre Loi made a kick off. 51 minutes into the game, SV Bad Harzburg's Takeshi Bieberstein nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Artzai Tarin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. The supporters of Orgullo booed when SV Bad Harzburg was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Toralf Hell didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 64th minute, Toralf Hell hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as SV Bad Harzburg's Teodor Covaci slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Artzai Tarin. That made the score 0-5 after 67 minutes of play. In the 74th minute, Orgullo's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Éthan Pichard fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 83rd minute, Gungun Karo-karo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 85 minutes into the match, Orgullo's goalkeeper Artzai Tarin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jurek Ohrem. After some careless play in the Orgullo defense, Éthan Pichard kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Artzai Tarin. The Orgullo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Artzai Tarin should have stopped the shot. Aimar Barro's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jacek Matuch read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 93rd minute of play. Artzai Tarin made a fantastic save in the 94th minute, when Jurek Ohrem sent off a good shot on target. When the final whistle sounded SV Bad Harzburg left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Orgullo.