Prized/Friendly Cup

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Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Isidoro Beltran got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isidoro Beltran in the 2nd minute of play forced ZORZAL01's goalkeeper Qin Fan Sheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pepe Santoro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Peter Crouch, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 6th minute ZORZAL01 were awarded a corner. Pavel Nedvěd went to the cornerflag to take it. A well-hit corner resulted in Natan Vercalsteren heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. In the 14thth minute of the game Peter Crouch who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Independiente's Pepe Santoro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Peter Crouch had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Pepe Santoro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Peter Crouch, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 20th minute, Peter Crouch ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pepe Santoro was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The supporters of Independiente booed when ZORZAL01 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Horacio Librado didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Isidoro Beltran in the 24th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Qin Fan Sheng prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With his leg Qin Fan Sheng managed to avoid a goal in the 24thth minute, when Independiente's Isidoro Beltran fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 31 played minutes ZORZAL01 got a freekick which was hit by Horacio Librado. With an all-out effort, Independiente's Qin Fan Sheng threw himself towards the right post 35 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Isidoro Beltran, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Pepe Santoro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Peter Crouch, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Reynaldo Abadia kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. Pepe Santoro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Peter Crouch, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Peter Crouch to strike the kick off in the second half. Peter Crouch succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-2 in the 53rd playminute. The supporters of Independiente booed when ZORZAL01 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ejner Neinvig didn't get a good kick on the ball. Peter Crouch could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Pepe Santoro made a huge save. ZORZAL01 were awarded a corner in the 66th minute after Independiente's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Pavel Nedvěd took the corner. In the 72nd play minute Peter Crouch came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Pepe Santoro. 0-4. Independiente's Serafín Berganza was substituted for Albano Bertol. Qin Fan Sheng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jorg Pieters, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Florentino Inge got a throw-in 78 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Serafín Berganza. After some fancy dribbling in the 82nd minute, Peter Crouch managed to get in a good position for a shot. ZORZAL01's supporters rose to their feet, but Peter Crouch was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pepe Santoro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to ZORZAL01 getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Natan Vercalsteren hit a great ball. Sören Bengtsson scored 1-4 in the 91st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Qin Fan Sheng, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Pepe Santoro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Peter Crouch, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. In the 95th match minute, Independiente was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Florentino Inge to maneuver through the defense. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched ZORZAL01 eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.