Official Cup

Wallsend
Spectators: 156 (Terracing: 117, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) After some careless play in the Osfinch FC defense, Emerson Cruz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Johnathan Blewett. The Osfinch FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Johnathan Blewett should have stopped the shot. In the 8th minute of the match Bruno Alves sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Johnathan Blewett skillfully saved the ball. When Emerson Cruz fell near the penalty area in the 16th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored INTER FC's protests and gave Emerson Cruz a yellow card for diving instead. In the 16th minute, Emerson Cruz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Andy Carroll's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 17thth minute, Eulalio Darien skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Eulalio Darien made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Trevor Wells in the 21st minute of play. Andy Carroll fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eulalio Darien having to interfere. Johnathan Blewett came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by INTER FC's Emerson Cruz. But to his dismay, Emerson Cruz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. In the 30th minute, Hortêncio Linhares left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The INTER FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. The supporters of Osfinch FC booed when INTER FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Giovani Mattos didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 47 minutes, Nathan Wardman mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Osfinch FC and the INTER FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Osfinch FC getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Nathan Wardman hit a great ball. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Andy Carroll to make the kick off. Ernesto Gilen hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. In the 66th minute Trevor Wells shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eulalio Darien saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Osfinch FC were awarded a corner in the 67th minute after INTER FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Felix Tuck took the corner. After taking down the ball on Osfinch FC's corner Felix Tuck fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Eulalio Darien quite easily take care of the ball. Johnathan Blewett was a little too slow when Hortêncio Linhares got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 69th minute. The score was now 0-5. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emerson Cruz in the 76th minute of play forced Osfinch FC's goalkeeper Johnathan Blewett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to INTER FC getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Ricardinho Batista hit a great ball. In the 81st minute, Andy Carroll left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Osfinch FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-5. In the 87th minute Andy Carroll shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eulalio Darien saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The INTER FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing INTER FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.