Official Cup

T i t t a r e l l i
Spectators: 497 (Terracing: 374, Seating: 114, VIP seats: 9) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Zhang Bin Hai took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 7 played minutes Lε COCO SρσяtiV got a freekick which was hit by Henrik Stor. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Carmelo Tiniebra in the 13th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rafa Nadal saved Gondor FC™ from getting behind. 18 minutes into the match, Lε COCO SρσяtiV's goal looked a bit too open when Elfráður Legolas came free, but Laureano Matia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 23rd minute Elfráður Legolas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Laureano Matia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Laureano Matia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emin Peraica in the 25th minute of the match. In the 30th minute Lε COCO SρσяtiV were awarded a corner. Nemesio Bilbo went to the cornerflag to take it. Bertil Åkesson thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Rafa Nadal, a very annoying self made goal in the 31st minute which led to 1-0. After some careless play in the Lε COCO SρσяtiV defense, Safet Sušić kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Laureano Matia. The Lε COCO SρσяtiV fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Laureano Matia should have stopped the shot. Luiz Gustavo Sena charged in rather forcefully in the 36th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luiz Gustavo Sena the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Luiz Gustavo Sena kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. 39 minutes into the match, Gondor FC™'s goalkeeper Rafa Nadal had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Carmelo Tiniebra. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhang Bin Hai in the 47th minute of play forced Lε COCO SρσяtiV's goalkeeper Laureano Matia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luiz Gustavo Sena stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zhang Bin Hai got free with Laureano Matia in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Aron Mascovescu hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Luiz Gustavo Sena received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Rafa Nadal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lε COCO SρσяtiV's Laureano Matia proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save Lε COCO SρσяtiV from getting a goal against them. Rafa Nadal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luiz Gustavo Sena in the 69th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carmelo Tiniebra in the 71st minute of play forced Gondor FC™'s goalkeeper Rafa Nadal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lemi Ateşoğlu hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. Lemi Ateşoğlu hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. In the 76th minute, Safet Sušić 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. A collision led to Gondor FC™ getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Aljo Franković hit a great ball. Laureano Matia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hamid Hamedović in the 79th minute of the match. After 81 minutes of play Lε COCO SρσяtiV's Luiz Gustavo Sena was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. A collision led to Lε COCO SρσяtiV getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Luiz Gustavo Sena hit a great ball. Joar Hammarström hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. In the 86th minute, Carmelo Tiniebra ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rafa Nadal was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. In a very dangerous position, a player in Gondor FC™ fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 89th minute. Penalty! Rafa Nadal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carmelo Tiniebra in the 92nd minute of play. With a little luck, Lε COCO SρσяtiV's Laureano Matia got control of the ball when Hamid Hamedović tried to sneak it across the goal line.

The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Lε COCO SρσяtiV had won after a very even match.