Official Cup

Alberto J. Armando
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Silverio Jacob started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Piara Santo in the 4th minute of play forced Franja Dorada's goalkeeper Valentin Licerio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. StardustRevolution's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ignacio Ereinotz in the 5th minute. In the 8th minute, Piara Santo made a precise shot to the right of Valentin Licerio. Franja Dorada's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Piara Santo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Valentin Licerio read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 13th minute of play. In the 16th minute, Piara Santo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Valentin Licerio was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. 21 minutes into the match, StardustRevolution's Piara Santo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Valentin Licerio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Silverio Jacob in the 25thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Andy Gimm, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. When StardustRevolution's Piara Santo in the 27th minute got a chance for a shot 27th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Franja Dorada's goalie prevented a goal. After some careless play in the Franja Dorada defense, Flavius Ichim kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Valentin Licerio. The Franja Dorada fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Valentin Licerio should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor Tartalo in the 32nd minute of play forced StardustRevolution's goalkeeper Andy Gimm to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 33rd minute of the match Franja Dorada got a corner. StardustRevolution's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Igor Tartalo ran over to the corner to take the kick. When Franja Dorada's Silverio Jacob in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye StardustRevolution's goalie prevented a goal. The supporters of StardustRevolution booed when Franja Dorada was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Igor Tartalo didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Piara Santo in the 39th minute of play forced Franja Dorada's goalkeeper Valentin Licerio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Silverio Jacob got free with Andy Gimm in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 44th minute of the match Franja Dorada got a corner. StardustRevolution's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Igor Tartalo ran over to the corner to take the kick. Silverio Jacob made a great header on Franja Dorada's corner, it was just that StardustRevolution's Andy Gimm managed to reach the ball for a save. After 49 minutes Franja Dorada's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ignacio Ereinotz who took care of the corner kick. After a rather tough play, StardustRevolution's Rafael Transito got a free kick in the 49th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Piara Santo made the kick off in the second half. Benigno Rito made in the 54th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Armando Rozarius. 57 minutes into the match, Franja Dorada's goalkeeper Valentin Licerio had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Piara Santo. Salvador Rosalio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. StardustRevolution made a substitution. Arsenio Erico replaced Leon Huchro. StardustRevolution's Oscar Santo was substituted for Piara Santo. When Igor Tartalo came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the Franja Dorada fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Igor Tartalo couldn't finish the play. 74 minutes into the game, Angel Bessone cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Andy Gimm was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Andy Gimm took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bülent Ruge, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Valentin Licerio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oscar Santo in the 83rd minute of play. Franja Dorada's Valentin Licerio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save Franja Dorada from getting a goal against them. Iacob Penaru kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. StardustRevolution's Andy Gimm played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Igor Tartalo in the 87th minute of play. Franja Dorada's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Igor Tartalo in the 88th minute. Igor Tartalo made a great header on Franja Dorada's corner, it was just that StardustRevolution's Andy Gimm managed to reach the ball for a save. The supporters of StardustRevolution booed when Franja Dorada was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bülent Ruge didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 96 minutes of play, StardustRevolution's Oscar Santo made it 1-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Valentin Licerio was left in no man's land by his defense there! The Franja Dorada supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching StardustRevolution's performance. The match ended with a win for StardustRevolution.