Official Cup

9-12-2018
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Di Bin Zhen kicked off to start the match. Urbano Faro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lamar Arthur in the 4th minute of play. After 6 minutes Napoleón 2018's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Lukasz Jazwiec who took care of the corner kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Napoleón 2018's goalie and right to 孙骋磊. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Napoleón 2018's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Norbert Swift made in the 9th minute of the game a quick throw-in and 孙骋磊 immediately put the ball in play. In the 10th minute, Virgilio Kennedy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 12th match minute, Chard United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Norbert Swift to maneuver through the defense. Santos Santio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Saturnino Johans in the 13th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Virgilio Kennedy in the 16th minute of play forced Napoleón 2018's goalkeeper Urbano Faro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 20 minutes of play, Chard United's Lamar Arthur made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Urbano Faro was left in no man's land by his defense there! Saturnino Johans fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Santos Santio having to interfere. 29 minutes had been played when some careless play by Napoleón 2018's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lukasz Jazwiec was slow to take the kick. During this time Chard United's players had a chance to rest. 孙骋磊 was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. 31 minutes into the game, Saturnino Johans recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Santos Santio. Saturnino Johans showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-1. Santos Santio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Saturnino Johans in the 40th minute of play. If Lukasz Jazwiec had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Virgilio Kennedy made a kick off. Saturnino Johans's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Santos Santio read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 56th minute of play. A collision led to Napoleón 2018 getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Di Bin Zhen hit a great ball. Di Bin Zhen stood ready after the free kick and tried to head the ball into the goal, but got pushed from behind by one of Chard United's defenders and the ball went out. Napoleón 2018 appealed in vain for a penalty, the referee looked over at the linesman, but the flag stayed down. No Penalty. In the 67th minute, Norbert Swift hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Santos Santio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Di Bin Zhen in the 68th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Craven in the 69th minute of play forced Napoleón 2018's goalkeeper Urbano Faro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 孙骋磊 was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. A collision led to Napoleón 2018 getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Lisandro Vitin hit a great ball. In the 75th minute, Virgilio Kennedy reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Urbano Faro. The goal made the score 2-4. Santos Santio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Saturnino Johans in the 78th minute of play. Napoleón 2018's Saturnino Johans got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 84 minutes into the match, Lukasz Jazwiec notched a goal, 2-5, to the right of Napoleón 2018's Urbano Faro. Urbano Faro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The crowd rose to their feet as Virgilio Kennedy kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Urbano Faro. That made the score 2-6 in the 86 minute of play. Urbano Faro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 孙骋磊, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. In the 93rdth minute of the game Di Bin Zhen who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Chard United's Santos Santio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball.