Official Cup

Diamond Parck
Spectators: 466 (Terracing: 350, Seating: 107, VIP seats: 9) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Bogdan Bogdanović started the match with the kick off. If Rodolfo Lencastre had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Marco Carmona showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Liu Chao Xiao, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. After 8 minutes of play, Club 23's Liu Chao Xiao made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marco Carmona was left in no man's land by his defense there! 11 minutes into the match, CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's goalkeeper Marco Carmona had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bogdan Bogdanović. Sören Malmberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rambo Duarte, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Marco Carmona took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Liu Chao Xiao, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nae Lalescu hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Sören Malmberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pablo Vegetti, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 35 minutes into the match, CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's goalkeeper Marco Carmona had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bogdan Bogdanović. If Rambo Duarte had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 46 minutes into the match, CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's goal looked a bit too open when Liu Chao Xiao came free, but Marco Carmona reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Club 23's Sören Malmberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodolfo Lencastre in the 48th minute of play.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodolfo Lencastre in the 51st minute of play forced Club 23's goalkeeper Sören Malmberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rodolfo Lencastre fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sören Malmberg having to interfere. 79 minutes into the match, Liu Chao Xiao had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marco Carmona. CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Liu Chao Xiao was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Song Ran Wei charged in rather forcefully in the 90th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Song Ran Wei the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 90 played minutes CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land got a freekick which was hit by Song Ran Wei.

Many of CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. CASTROMIL FC -Golden Land may have spent more time on the ball, but Club 23 were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.