Official Cup

Asterix&ObelixArena
Spectators: 178 (Terracing: 134, Seating: 41, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Arthur Rowley took the kick off in the first half of the match. Telo Abalos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arthur Rowley in the 2nd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, La Mandarina Mecánica's Constancio Abecia got a free kick in the 3rd minute. In the 6th minute, Roy Donnelly reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Telo Abalos. The goal made the score 1-0. In a very dangerous position, a player in La Mandarina Mecánica fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 9th minute. Penalty! An unexpectedly hard shot by Arthur Rowley in the 20th minute of play forced La Mandarina Mecánica's goalkeeper Telo Abalos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Telo Abalos made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Roy Donnelly sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, La Mandarina Mecánica's Constancio Abecia got a free kick in the 28th minute. Nathan Stevens's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 39thth minute, Telo Abalos skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After 40 minutes, Ostadar Abellaneda mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the La Mandarina Mecánica and the Astreix&ObelixSoccer players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Astreix&ObelixSoccer booed when La Mandarina Mecánica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ostadar Abellaneda didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Victorio Abella fell near the penalty area in the 42nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored La Mandarina Mecánica's protests and gave Victorio Abella a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Astreix&ObelixSoccer booed when La Mandarina Mecánica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Victorio Abella didn't get a good kick on the ball. La Mandarina Mecánica's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Arthur Rowley 45 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 3-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

52 minutes into the match, La Mandarina Mecánica's goal looked a bit too open when Arthur Rowley came free, but Telo Abalos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 55 minutes, Leobardo Abajas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. La Mandarina Mecánica's supporters crossed their fingers, but Leobardo Abajas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Alfie Parrott made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leobardo Abajas in the 57th minute of play. 58 minutes into the match, Arthur Rowley had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Telo Abalos. La Mandarina Mecánica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arthur Rowley was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. In the 63rd minute, Constancio Abecia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 65th match minute, La Mandarina Mecánica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Constancio Abecia to maneuver through the defense. When Arthur Rowley fell near the penalty area in the 66th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Astreix&ObelixSoccer's protests and gave Arthur Rowley a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Astreix&ObelixSoccer getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Arthur Rowley hit a great ball. 67 minutes into the match, Astreix&ObelixSoccer's goal looked a bit too open when Eleazar Abello came free, but Alfie Parrott reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 69 minutes into the game, Astreix&ObelixSoccer's Nathan Stevens nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Telo Abalos made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. 73 minutes into the game, Astreix&ObelixSoccer's Roy Donnelly nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Telo Abalos made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. Alfie Parrott made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Favila Abalos in the 81st minute of play. Nathan Stevens scored 7-0 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Telo Abalos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 92nd match minute, La Mandarina Mecánica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sendoa Aballe to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Astreix&ObelixSoccer booed when La Mandarina Mecánica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ostadar Abellaneda didn't get a good kick on the ball. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Astreix&ObelixSoccer had played much better football throughout.