Official Cup

El Asilo...
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Amável Almeida started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Zeledon Curcio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valério Bomba in the 5th minute of play. SuperBola.com's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Nuno Lopes in the 6th minute. At last the ball reached Przemyslaw Furgal at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Yala. 0-1. Yala's Niki Bundev got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Zeledon Curcio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Przemyslaw Furgal in the 19th minute of the match. 22 minutes into the match, Yala's Niki Bundev sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marcus Abrahamsson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Niki Bundev got free with Marcus Abrahamsson in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Zeledon Curcio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raul Noronha in the 32nd minute of play. In the 35th minute Przemyslaw Furgal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zeledon Curcio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 36th minute SuperBola.com were awarded a corner. Nuno Lopes went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to SuperBola.com's Przemyslaw Furgal getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Avelino Figueiredo took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 39th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Zeledon Curcio. Yala's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Zeledon Curcio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Raul Noronha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Niki Bundev came free with the goalkeeper in the 48th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Marcus Abrahamsson could save by the left post. 48 minutes into the match, Niki Bundev dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Marcus Abrahamsson, 1-1. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Yavuz Acabay to strike the kick off in the second half. Gao Cheng Fei's late challenge caught a SuperBola.com's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gao Cheng Fei helped the player get up and apologised. In the 53rd match minute, Yala was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gao Cheng Fei to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to SuperBola.com getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Long Feng Quan hit a great ball. The supporters of SuperBola.com booed when Yala was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gao Cheng Fei didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nuno Lopes, 67 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. SuperBola.com's Diego Godin was substituted for Ever Claude. In the 75th minute, Nuno Lopes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zeledon Curcio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raul Noronha in the 78th minute of play. In the 79th minute, Valério Bomba left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SuperBola.com fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. With a little luck, Yala's Zeledon Curcio got control of the ball when Amável Almeida tried to sneak it across the goal line. A hard shot 82 in the game by Amável Almeida from a close distance when the talented Zeledon Curcio managed to make a qualified save. Yala's players were relieved. Zeledon Curcio was a little too slow when Amável Almeida got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 86th minute. The score was now 1-3. Zeledon Curcio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amável Almeida, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zeledon Curcio was out of position in the 95 minute of play, and Przemyslaw Furgal capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Przemyslaw Furgal really showed his touch with that goal: 1-4. SuperBola.com played a much better game than Yala and deserved their victory. The Yala players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.