Official Cup

Arena Superstar
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Costin Duca started the match with the kick off. When the match clock showed 3 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Costin Duca sped through SUPERSTAR - DMZ's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ramón Cosme. After some careless play in the SUPERSTAR - DMZ defense, Costin Duca kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ramón Cosme. The SUPERSTAR - DMZ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ramón Cosme should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, SUPERSTAR - DMZ's Adelino Faria got a free kick in the 9th minute. Salmuera CP's Hồ Kyhn got a good chance for a goal in the 14th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fan Xing Zhou in the 17th minute of play forced SUPERSTAR - DMZ's goalkeeper Ramón Cosme to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Salmuera CP's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Torcuato Herrero in the 18th minute. 19 minutes into the match, SUPERSTAR - DMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Costin Duca came free, but Ramón Cosme reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 21st minute, Edgar Guerra hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. SUPERSTAR - DMZ's Ramón Cosme played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pablo Martinez in the 22nd minute of play. 23 minutes had been played when some careless play by SUPERSTAR - DMZ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Torcuato Herrero was slow to take the kick. During this time Salmuera CP's players had a chance to rest. In the 25th match minute, SUPERSTAR - DMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cesinha Torres to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fan Xing Zhou in the 30th minute of play forced SUPERSTAR - DMZ's goalkeeper Ramón Cosme to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the SUPERSTAR - DMZ defense, Fan Xing Zhou kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ramón Cosme. The SUPERSTAR - DMZ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ramón Cosme should have stopped the shot. Ali Gopala Pillai's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ramón Cosme read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 36th minute of play. In the 37th minute Pablo Martinez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ramón Cosme saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 38th minute, Costin Duca left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Salmuera CP fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. In the 42nd minute Pablo Martinez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ramón Cosme saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 43 minutes into the game, Fan Xing Zhou cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-6. Ramón Cosme was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 47 minutes of play, Salmuera CP's Fan Xing Zhou made it 0-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ramón Cosme was left in no man's land by his defense there!

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Teodoro Souza made a kick off. In the 55th minute, Fan Xing Zhou reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ramón Cosme. The goal made the score 0-9. The crowd rose to their feet as Salmuera CP's Costin Duca slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ramón Cosme. That made the score 0-10 after 58 minutes of play. Costin Duca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 64th match minute, SUPERSTAR - DMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cesinha Torres to maneuver through the defense. Ramón Cosme was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Ali Gopala Pillai. SUPERSTAR - DMZ's Ramón Cosme played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Costin Duca in the 67th minute of play. 68 minutes into the game, Fan Xing Zhou cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-11. Ramón Cosme was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ramón Cosme came out of the goal in the 70th minute to try and stop a shot by Salmuera CP's Pablo Martinez. But to his dismay, Pablo Martinez quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-12. 74 minutes into the match, Fan Xing Zhou had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ramón Cosme. SUPERSTAR - DMZ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fan Xing Zhou was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-13. Fan Xing Zhou received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ramón Cosme came out and tried to block the shot, but Fan Xing Zhou slotted it home off the left post making it 0-14 in the 77th minute. Costin Duca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ramón Cosme was a little too slow when Costin Duca got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 85th minute. The score was now 0-15. In the 88thth minute of the game Hồ Kyhn who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SUPERSTAR - DMZ's Ramón Cosme was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ramón Cosme made an important save on a dangerous shot by Costin Duca in the 95th minute. SUPERSTAR - DMZ's Ramón Cosme played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fan Xing Zhou in the 96th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Salmuera CP's Fan Xing Zhou slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ramón Cosme. That made the score 0-17 after 96 minutes of play. Salmuera CP made a substitution. Paulino Orixe replaced Costin Duca. When the final whistle sounded Salmuera CP left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than SUPERSTAR - DMZ.