Official Cup

Julio Cesar Calvo
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Hernan Urre made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, GoalHunters's Octav Stoicescu got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Daniel Jienescu made a fantastic save in the 6th minute, when Ivan Bitxintxo sent off a good shot on target. After 7 played minutes The Proser Gures got a freekick which was hit by Melchor Rexino. Jonathan Nikola took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from João Gaúcho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 11 minutes, João Gaúcho put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Jonathan Nikola. A collision led to The Proser Gures getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Gaston Haritz hit a great ball. In the 17th minute, João Gaúcho got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Jonathan Nikola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from João Gaúcho, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Jonathan Nikola took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Călin Pătrășconiu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 35 minutes into the game, GoalHunters's João Gaúcho nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonathan Nikola made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. In the 38th minute, João Gaúcho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The GoalHunters fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. After some careless play in the The Proser Gures defense, João Gaúcho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonathan Nikola. The The Proser Gures fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonathan Nikola should have stopped the shot. After the first half GoalHunters were leading 0-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell João Gaúcho to make the kick off. Jonathan Nikola made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Călin Pătrășconiu in the 51st minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as João Gaúcho kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jonathan Nikola. That made the score 0-6 in the 52 minute of play. 57 minutes into the match, João Gaúcho notched a goal, 0-7, to the right of The Proser Gures's Jonathan Nikola. Jonathan Nikola was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. GoalHunters's João Gaúcho was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 65th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. In the 68th minute, GoalHunters's Călin Pătrășconiu dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-10. The Proser Gures's Jonathan Nikola proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save The Proser Gures from getting a goal against them. Jonathan Nikola didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when GoalHunters's João Gaúcho shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-11 in the ordered_time% minute. 76 minutes into the match, The Proser Gures's goal looked a bit too open when João Gaúcho came free, but Jonathan Nikola reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in The Proser Gures's zone, Călin Pătrășconiu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Nikola came out of the goal and Călin Pătrășconiu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that João Gaúcho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Nikola was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. Jonathan Nikola made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when João Gaúcho sent off a good shot on target. Jonathan Nikola stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of João Gaúcho's shot from short distance in the 87th minute. João Gaúcho's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 90thth minute, Jonathan Nikola skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. With his leg Jonathan Nikola managed to avoid a goal in the 91stth minute, when GoalHunters's João Gaúcho fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 95th minute João Gaúcho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Nikola saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. GoalHunters's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.