Official Cup

SUPERNOVA ARENA
Spectators: 143 (Terracing: 108, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Severino Torres got the match started through his kick off. Ismael Bakar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Armando Maradona in the 6th minute of play. In the 6th minute, Gavino Jobo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Armando Maradona's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ismael Bakar was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Armando Maradona's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 13thth minute, Ismael Bakar skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 14th minute Armando Maradona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ismael Bakar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 21 played minutes DESTROY got a freekick which was hit by Leonardo Arnas. In the 24th minute, Armando Maradona made a precise shot to the right of Ismael Bakar. FF Forever's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. In the 27th minute Faustino Jakes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ismael Bakar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ismael Bakar made an important save on a dangerous shot by Faustino Jakes in the 28th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Paolo Restu during the 33rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 34 played minutes FF Forever got a freekick which was hit by Paolo Restu. With an all-out effort, DESTROY's Ismael Bakar threw himself towards the right post 34 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Armando Maradona, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Armando Maradona did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-1 to the left of a surprised Ismael Bakar 35 minutes into the match.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Armando Maradona was the one to do the kick off. When Zhuang Hai Xu came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the DESTROY 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 Zhuang Hai Xu couldn't finish the play. After 56 minutes, Armando Maradona made it 4-1 with a short kick to the right side. FF Forever's Ismael Bakar tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The DESTROY fans' excitement grew in the 62nd match minute when DESTROY's Armando Maradona looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 5-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 65th minute, Armando Maradona left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The DESTROY fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-1. Ismael Bakar came out of the goal in the 69th minute to try and stop a shot by DESTROY's Zhuang Hai Xu. But to his dismay, Zhuang Hai Xu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-1. DESTROY's Brennan Johnson was substituted for Placido Orlandus. After some fancy dribbling in the 74th minute, Armando Maradona managed to get in a good position for a shot. DESTROY's supporters rose to their feet, but Armando Maradona was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ismael Bakar breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. FF Forever's Ismael Bakar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zhuang Hai Xu in the 76th minute of play. Ismael Bakar came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by DESTROY's Zhuang Hai Xu. But to his dismay, Zhuang Hai Xu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 8-1. 83 minutes into the match, Armando Maradona notched a goal, 9-1, to the right of FF Forever's Ismael Bakar. Ismael Bakar was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ismael Bakar came out of the goal in the 89th minute to try and stop a shot by DESTROY's Zhuang Hai Xu. But to his dismay, Zhuang Hai Xu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 10-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Armando Maradona in the 95th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ismael Bakar saved FF Forever from getting behind. If Armando Maradona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. DESTROY fully deserved thier win.