Official Cup

The Betsy Stadium
Spectators: 482 (Terracing: 362, Seating: 111, VIP seats: 9) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Yu Jie Xing got the match started through his kick off. After 5 minutes of play, Todos al Fondo's Justino Gotzon made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Clive Holloway was left in no man's land by his defense there! 8 minutes into the match, Todos al Fondo's goalkeeper Orlando Rivera had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yu Jie Xing. Rogelio Espiridion made in the 13th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Yu Jie Xing. In the 14th minute, Justino Gotzon left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Todos al Fondo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. In the 17th minute, Jacobo Fidele 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. Clive Holloway showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Justino Gotzon in the 19th minute of the match. In the 21st minute, Justino Gotzon made a precise shot to the right of Clive Holloway. Staffordshire Terrier FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Yu Jie Xing might have been able to make a better finish in the 27th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Orlando Rivera. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Yu Jie Xing ran back to his position shaking his head. Yu Jie Xing could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Orlando Rivera made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Justino Gotzon in the 31st minute of play forced Staffordshire Terrier FC's goalkeeper Clive Holloway to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yu Jie Xing might have been able to make a better finish in the 33rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Orlando Rivera. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Yu Jie Xing ran back to his position shaking his head. 34 minutes into the game, Yu Jie Xing was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Staffordshire Terrier FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Todos al Fondo the free kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Justino Gotzon in the 35th minute of play forced Staffordshire Terrier FC's goalkeeper Clive Holloway to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Todos al Fondo's Orlando Rivera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save Todos al Fondo from getting a goal against them. After 41 minutes Todos al Fondo's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Rogelio Espiridion who took care of the corner kick. 43 minutes into the game, Alex Sandóval threw the ball into play from the sideline. Staffordshire Terrier FC's Ferdinando Braccia quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 45th match minute, Todos al Fondo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alex Sandóval to maneuver through the defense. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Justino Gotzon to strike the kick off in the second half. Orlando Rivera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alex Zanardi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alex Zanardi in the 53rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Orlando Rivera prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Justino Gotzon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Justino Gotzon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With an all-out effort, Todos al Fondo's Clive Holloway threw himself towards the right post 57 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Justino Gotzon, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Todos al Fondo's Frank Beckenbauer quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Rogelio Espiridion, made in the 60th minute of the game. Clive Holloway came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by Todos al Fondo's Justino Gotzon. But to his dismay, Justino Gotzon quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. Orlando Rivera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alex Zanardi went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-4 was the resulting score. Todos al Fondo's Maurito Boselli was substituted for Pascual Eliazar. Todos al Fondo made a substitution. Yu Nan Li replaced Justino Gotzon. Staffordshire Terrier FC's Alex Zanardi got a good chance for a goal in the 81st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Staffordshire Terrier FC made a substitution. Jay Flack replaced Ferdinando Braccia. Clive Holloway made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yu Nan Li in the 90th minute of play. Clive Holloway made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yu Nan Li in the 93rd minute. In the 93rd match minute, Staffordshire Terrier FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andrew Harrison to maneuver through the defense.

The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Todos al Fondo eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.