Prized/Friendly Cup

Solitario
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) F. C. Solitario's Ernest Legg 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. When Iraklis Pistolelis came up free with the goalie in the 5th minute, the Huracan United -MM- 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 Iraklis Pistolelis couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dragoş Grădinaru in the 8th minute of play forced F. C. Solitario's goalkeeper Tiburcio Ereinotz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fedele Bardella made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Ernest Legg sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dragoş Grădinaru in the 11th minute of play forced F. C. Solitario's goalkeeper Tiburcio Ereinotz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ernest Legg in the 21stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Fedele Bardella, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. F. C. Solitario's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Astor Cesaro in the 27th minute. F. C. Solitario's Ernest Legg got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Wayne Rooney had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, F. C. Solitario's Astor Cesaro got a free kick in the 35th minute. After a defensive mix-up in F. C. Solitario's zone, Dragoş Grădinaru stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tiburcio Ereinotz came out of the goal and Dragoş Grădinaru tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some careless play in the F. C. Solitario defense, Dragoş Grădinaru kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tiburcio Ereinotz. The F. C. Solitario fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tiburcio Ereinotz should have stopped the shot. F. C. Solitario's Tiburcio Ereinotz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dragoş Grădinaru in the 44th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as F. C. Solitario's Ernest Legg slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Fedele Bardella. That made the score 1-1 after 47 minutes of play. 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Dragoş Grădinaru made a kick off. Fedele Bardella showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ernest Legg in the 55th minute of the match. Fedele Bardella took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thomas Vollmar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fedele Bardella made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ernest Legg in the 63rd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers CJ Zidane in the 67th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tiburcio Ereinotz saved F. C. Solitario from getting behind. In the 67th match minute, Huracan United -MM- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aristide Doicaru to maneuver through the defense. In the 68th minute the ball was on its way in behind Huracan United -MM-'s goalkeeper Fedele Bardella, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. CJ Zidane could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Tiburcio Ereinotz made a huge save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ernest Legg in the 75th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fedele Bardella saved Huracan United -MM- from getting behind. A nice corner shot did that Thomas Vollmar got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Fedele Bardella quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When the match clock showed 78 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Thomas Vollmar sped through Huracan United -MM-'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Fedele Bardella. CJ Zidane could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 81st minute of the match, but Tiburcio Ereinotz made a huge save. Fedele Bardella made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ernest Legg in the 83rd minute of play. After 84 minutes Huracan United -MM-'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Astor Cesaro who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Celso Gaitano managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. In the 87th minute Ernest Legg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fedele Bardella saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tiburcio Ereinotz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from CJ Zidane, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 97th minute, Murilo Zamboni hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. F. C. Solitario's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.