Prized/Friendly Cup

Nestor C. Kirchner
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Vladimiro Lauro got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute there was a penalty for Vikingos FC. Per-Olof Vallmark stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving François-Xavier Dionnet. 0-1. In the 7th minute, Vladimiro Lauro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Vikingos FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. In the 11th minute Vladimiro Lauro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but François-Xavier Dionnet saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ruquense FC's François-Xavier Dionnet played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vladimiro Lauro in the 20th minute of play. Vikingos FC were awarded a corner in the 23th minute after Ruquense FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Per-Olof Vallmark took the corner. After some fancy dribbling in the 24th minute, Per-Olof Vallmark managed to get in a good position for a shot. Vikingos FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Per-Olof Vallmark was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. François-Xavier Dionnet breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 28th minute Maciej Ciemiega shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sebastián Sosa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. François-Xavier Dionnet took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vladimiro Lauro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 31st minute of the match Vikingos FC got a corner. Ruquense FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Per-Olof Vallmark ran over to the corner to take the kick. Per-Olof Vallmark made a great header on Vikingos FC's corner, it was just that Ruquense FC's François-Xavier Dionnet managed to reach the ball for a save. If Vladimiro Lauro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladimiro Lauro in the 37th minute of play forced Ruquense FC's goalkeeper François-Xavier Dionnet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladimiro Lauro in the 38th minute of play forced Ruquense FC's goalkeeper François-Xavier Dionnet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Basilio Fernandez hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Ruquense FC's François-Xavier Dionnet played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vladimiro Lauro in the 40th minute of play. A collision led to Vikingos FC getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Marek Torm hit a great ball. Abelardo Domenec hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. Per-Olof Vallmark fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without François-Xavier Dionnet having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Basilio Fernandez to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maciej Ciemiega in the 51st minute of play forced Vikingos FC's goalkeeper Sebastián Sosa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 53rd minute Basilio Fernandez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sebastián Sosa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 55 minutes into the game, Vladimiro Lauro recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of François-Xavier Dionnet. Vladimiro Lauro showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-4. 59 minutes into the match, Vikingos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Maciej Ciemiega came free, but Sebastián Sosa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 61st minute, Vikingos FC's Vladimiro Lauro ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind François-Xavier Dionnet. François-Xavier Dionnet yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-5. In the 68thth minute of the game Vladimiro Lauro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ruquense FC's François-Xavier Dionnet was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. François-Xavier Dionnet stood somewhat misplaced when Vladimiro Lauro came free in front of goal and shot 0-6 to the left of him in the 69 minute. Ruquense FC's François-Xavier Dionnet proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save Ruquense FC from getting a goal against them. Vladimiro Lauro blasted a shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without François-Xavier Dionnet having to make a save. Vikingos FC made a substitution. Victor Abaurre replaced Roque Vito. Ladislao Erramu scored 0-7 in the 80th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of François-Xavier Dionnet, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 86thth minute of the game Ladislao Erramu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ruquense FC's François-Xavier Dionnet was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A nice corner shot did that Ladislao Erramu got away a dangerous shot. Despite this François-Xavier Dionnet quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Victor Abaurre in the 87th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck François-Xavier Dionnet prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 89th minute of the match Vikingos FC got a corner. Ruquense FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ladislao Erramu ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Ladislao Erramu almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ruquense FC's François-Xavier Dionnet did a great save. In the 90th minute Basilio Fernandez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sebastián Sosa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 94th minute, Marek Torm 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. The Ruquense FC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Vikingos FC's performance. The match ended with a win for Vikingos FC.