Prized/Friendly Cup

ESTADIO ANGELITO
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) PLUMIN's Delmiro Mel 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Danilo Brion got free with Roberto Eztebe in the 4th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 5 minutes, Thiago Silva mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AFC FUSION and the PLUMIN players grew even worse after the yellow card. After some careless play in the PLUMIN defense, Lino Rios kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rodrigo Massó. The PLUMIN fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rodrigo Massó should have stopped the shot. Rodrigo Massó showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lino Rios in the 10th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Lino Rios's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rodrigo Massó was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. AFC FUSION's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dawid Beckham in the 15th minute. PLUMIN's Rodrigo Massó played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aureliano Arnau in the 17th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lino Rios in the 19th minute of play forced PLUMIN's goalkeeper Rodrigo Massó to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 22 minutes into the game, AFC FUSION's Lino Rios nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Rodrigo Massó made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Roberto Eztebe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Delmiro Mel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 26 minutes into the match, PLUMIN's goal looked a bit too open when Guido Txindoki came free, but Rodrigo Massó reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 29 minutes into the game, Lino Rios cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Rodrigo Massó was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After some careless play in the PLUMIN defense, Lino Rios kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rodrigo Massó. The PLUMIN fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rodrigo Massó should have stopped the shot. 37 minutes into the game, Delmiro Mel cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Roberto Eztebe was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Rodrigo Massó showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lino Rios in the 40th minute of the match. AFC FUSION's Roberto Eztebe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Delmiro Mel in the 45th minute of play. Disappointed in the 1-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Lino Rios stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Simon Ferrer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roberto Eztebe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Roberto Eztebe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cirilo Salvino, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Edgardo Prátola hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. 61 minutes into the match, Lino Rios had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rodrigo Massó. PLUMIN's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lino Rios was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-6. After 64 minutes of play, PLUMIN's Higinio Eguzki made it 2-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roberto Eztebe was left in no man's land by his defense there! Roberto Eztebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cirilo Salvino in the 68th minute of the match. In the 70th minute, PLUMIN's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Aureliano Arnau fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. AFC FUSION made a substitution. Christoff Stocks replaced Lino Rios. Romulo Abilio took the ball and in the 73 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rodrigo Massó. Rodrigo Massó dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-7. PLUMIN's Rodrigo Massó played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christoff Stocks in the 76th minute of play. If Christoff Stocks had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Rodrigo Massó made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christoff Stocks in the 78th minute of play. Rodrigo Massó didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Christoff Stocks went, in the 81st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-8 was the resulting score. After 85 played minutes Christoff Stocks rounded PLUMIN's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-9. Christoff Stocks struck a weak shot in the 89th minute. Rodrigo Massó didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for AFC FUSION. In the 91st minute, Christoff Stocks made a precise shot to the right of Rodrigo Massó. PLUMIN's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-10. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christoff Stocks in the 94th minute of play forced PLUMIN's goalkeeper Rodrigo Massó to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roberto Eztebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Simon Ferrer in the 96th minute of the match. AFC FUSION's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.