Official Cup

Paladin Hill
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) O-TT-O's Gao Le Ang started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 3 minutes of play, O-TT-O's Amado Gilabert made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bo Larsson was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 9th minute of the match O-TT-O got a corner. Libra's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Yu Lei ran over to the corner to take the kick. After 11 minutes of play, O-TT-O's Gao Le Ang made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bo Larsson was left in no man's land by his defense there! 14 minutes into the game, Michael Pettersson was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Libra's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave O-TT-O the free kick. In the 14th match minute, Libra was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Michael Pettersson to maneuver through the defense. Bo Larsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gao Le Ang in the 15th minute of play. Gao Le Ang took the ball and in the 17 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bo Larsson. Bo Larsson dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Bo Larsson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gao Le Ang went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. Gao Le Ang fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bo Larsson having to interfere. In the 29th minute Omar Thamac shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bo Larsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Libra defense, Gao Le Ang kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bo Larsson. The Libra fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bo Larsson should have stopped the shot. Bo Larsson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gao Le Ang went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-8 was the resulting score. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gao Le Ang in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bo Larsson saved Libra from getting behind. After some careless play in the Libra defense, Gao Le Ang kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bo Larsson. The Libra fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bo Larsson should have stopped the shot. 43 minutes into the game, O-TT-O's Gao Le Ang nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bo Larsson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-10. In the 46th minute, Alberto Marcico left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The O-TT-O fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-11. Disappointed in the 0-11 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Vincent Landin was the one to do the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as O-TT-O's Gao Le Ang slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Bo Larsson. That made the score 0-12 after 53 minutes of play. 58 minutes into the game, O-TT-O's Alberto Marcico nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bo Larsson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-13. O-TT-O's Augustus Ingersholm was substituted for Gao Le Ang. In the 68th minute, Augustus Ingersholm made a precise shot to the right of Bo Larsson. Libra's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-15. In the 73rd minute, O-TT-O's Olayo Gallarde dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-16. After some careless play in the Libra defense, Yu Lei kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bo Larsson. The Libra fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bo Larsson should have stopped the shot. When the match had gone on for 81 minutes, Augustus Ingersholm put it in 0-18 from a short distance just to the right of Bo Larsson. Augustus Ingersholm did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-19 to the left of a surprised Bo Larsson 84 minutes into the match. 96 minutes into the game, Augustus Ingersholm recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Bo Larsson. Augustus Ingersholm showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-22. O-TT-O's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.