Prized/Friendly Cup

Bravostadio
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Vladimir Rodić made the kick off which started today's match. After some fancy dribbling in the 7th minute, Lino Rios managed to get in a good position for a shot. AFC FUSION's supporters rose to their feet, but Lino Rios was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alf Sandwall breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Roberto Eztebe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marius Brun, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match clock showed 14 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Lino Rios sped through BraveHearts United's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Alf Sandwall. The supporters of BraveHearts United booed when AFC FUSION was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mario Sesuldo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Roberto Eztebe made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vladimir Rodić in the 23rd minute. In the 25th minute, Lino Rios made a precise shot to the right of Alf Sandwall. BraveHearts United's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. After 28 minutes, Lino Rios made it 0-4 with a short kick to the right side. BraveHearts United's Alf Sandwall tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 31stth minute of the game Lino Rios who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but BraveHearts United's Alf Sandwall was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 35 minutes into the match, AFC FUSION's goal looked a bit too open when Marius Brun came free, but Roberto Eztebe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the BraveHearts United defense, Lino Rios kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alf Sandwall. The BraveHearts United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alf Sandwall should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lino Rios in the 41st minute of play forced BraveHearts United's goalkeeper Alf Sandwall to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 42nd match minute, BraveHearts United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thor Sikström to maneuver through the defense. In the 43rd minute, Lino Rios got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 45th minute, Lino Rios ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alf Sandwall was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-6. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-6.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Lino Rios stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Lino Rios took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alf Sandwall. Alf Sandwall dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-7. Roberto Eztebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from CJ Townsley in the 57th minute of the match. Germano Bettencourt's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Alf Sandwall firmly grabbed it by the left post. 60 minutes had been played when some careless play by BraveHearts United's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dawid Beckham was slow to take the kick. During this time AFC FUSION's players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Germano Bettencourt heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. 67 minutes into the match, BraveHearts United's goalkeeper Alf Sandwall had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lino Rios. With a little luck, BraveHearts United's Alf Sandwall got control of the ball when Lino Rios tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 73rd minute the ball was on its way in behind AFC FUSION's goalkeeper Roberto Eztebe, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers CJ Townsley in the 74th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Roberto Eztebe saved AFC FUSION from getting behind. AFC FUSION's Aureliano Karlo was substituted for Lino Rios. BraveHearts United's Östen Sellberg managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Mario Sesuldo in the 79 minute of the game. When Mats Hagström came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the BraveHearts United 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 Mats Hagström couldn't finish the play. Alf Sandwall made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aureliano Karlo in the 83rd minute of play. Aureliano Karlo did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-8 to the left of a surprised Alf Sandwall 86 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aureliano Karlo in the 89th minute of play forced BraveHearts United's goalkeeper Alf Sandwall to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alf Sandwall came out of the goal in the 90th minute to try and stop a shot by AFC FUSION's Aureliano Karlo. But to his dismay, Aureliano Karlo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-9. After 92 played minutes BraveHearts United got a freekick which was hit by Markus Hansson. Aureliano Karlo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal.

AFC FUSION played a much better game than BraveHearts United and deserved their victory. The BraveHearts United players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.