Official Cup

ESTADIO APPLE ARENA
Spectators: 195 (Terracing: 147, Seating: 45, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Durlabha Durling started the match with the kick off. Ildefonso Andibidria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nils-Åke Hamnberg in the 3rd minute of play. Kevin Thidén's late challenge caught a FITO APPLE TEAM's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kevin Thidén helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of FITO APPLE TEAM booed when Med Gang FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kevin Thidén didn't get a good kick on the ball. 6 minutes into the game, FITO APPLE TEAM's Xalvador Lana nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sakarias Finnman made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Ildefonso Andibidria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Durlabha Durling in the 8th minute of play. 9 minutes into the match, Durlabha Durling had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ildefonso Andibidria. FITO APPLE TEAM's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Durlabha Durling was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Durlabha Durling in the 12th minute of play forced FITO APPLE TEAM's goalkeeper Ildefonso Andibidria to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nils-Åke Hamnberg in the 16th minute of play forced FITO APPLE TEAM's goalkeeper Ildefonso Andibidria to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ildefonso Andibidria didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eric Lundqvist went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. After 29 minutes, Piarres Viñe mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FITO APPLE TEAM and the Med Gang FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, FITO APPLE TEAM's Piarres Viñe got a free kick in the 29th minute. In the 30th minute, Zuberoa Bubber left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Med Gang FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. Ildefonso Andibidria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eric Lundqvist in the 34th minute of play. FITO APPLE TEAM's Ildefonso Andibidria played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Durlabha Durling in the 36th minute of play. After 43 minutes of play, Med Gang FC's Nils-Åke Hamnberg made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ildefonso Andibidria was left in no man's land by his defense there! Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Joseph Longar was the one to do the kick off. Sakarias Finnman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Piarres Viñe in the 53rd minute of the match. Ildefonso Andibidria came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by Med Gang FC's Nils-Åke Hamnberg. But to his dismay, Nils-Åke Hamnberg quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-6. Piarres Viñe kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. After 77 played minutes Med Gang FC got a freekick which was hit by Kevin Thidén. Sakarias Finnman came out of the goal in the 78th minute to try and stop a shot by FITO APPLE TEAM's Joseph Longar. But to his dismay, Joseph Longar quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-6. Med Gang FC's Sakarias Finnman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xalvador Lana in the 81st minute of play. FITO APPLE TEAM's Ildefonso Andibidria proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save FITO APPLE TEAM from getting a goal against them. FITO APPLE TEAM's defense didn't have a chance, in the 88th minute, when Durlabha Durling scored to the left of an out of position Ildefonso Andibidria, making the score, 2-7. In the 94th minute Eric Lundqvist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ildefonso Andibidria saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ildefonso Andibidria took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Durlabha Durling, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Med Gang FC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.