Official Cup

El Inodoro
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. Efrain Roldan started the match with the kick off. 5 minutes into the game, Mikael Öman was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Zendium's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave CERPA the free kick. In the 5th match minute, Zendium was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mikael Öman to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Zendium's zone, Natalio Kusko stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jan Jelm came out of the goal and Natalio Kusko tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. CERPA's Efrain Roldan got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Eugenio Asier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joacim Backlund in the 9th minute of the match. Jonas Bengtsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 16 minutes into the game, Jonas Bengtsson cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Eugenio Asier was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Eugenio Asier showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Richard Enegren, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Eugenio Asier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonas Bengtsson in the 24th minute of the match. In the 25th match minute, Zendium was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joacim Backlund to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Zendium's Jan Jelm got control of the ball when Wilhelm Volle tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 29th minute Richard Enegren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eugenio Asier saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jan Jelm took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Efrain Roldan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eugenio Asier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Richard Enegren in the 34th minute of the match. Efrain Roldan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Jan Jelm tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 39th match minute, CERPA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Victoriano Tonete to maneuver through the defense. 44 minutes into the match, CERPA's goal looked a bit too open when Jonas Bengtsson came free, but Eugenio Asier reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 48 played minutes CERPA got a freekick which was hit by Douglas Denturck. Eugenio Asier showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Richard Enegren, who was totally free with the ball in the 49th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jonas Bengtsson stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, CERPA's Wilhelm Volle got a free kick in the 56th minute. The nice shot from Jonas Bengtsson in the 64thth minute just in front of the goal should have ended in point on the board, but Eugenio Asier had a great feel for the game and superbly saved the ball from getting in by the left post. When Jonas Bengtsson came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Zendium 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 Jonas Bengtsson couldn't finish the play. In the 74th minute, CERPA's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Jonas Bengtsson fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Zendium's Alberto Bosso was substituted for Joacim Backlund. A nice corner shot did that Natalio Kusko got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jan Jelm quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Efrain Roldan scored 1-2 in the 91st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jan Jelm, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, Zendium's Andreas Telin got a free kick in the 94th minute. If Victoriano Tonete had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Zendium had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.