Prized/Friendly Cup

THE RED MACHINE
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Leon Richie started the match with the kick off. Palermo's Marcelino Chaime got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Cayetano Maraman hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. D.J. Dolić made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arnoldo Medina in the 9th minute of play. In the 13th minute, Ciriaco Goren made a precise shot to the right of Victorino Francis. Palermo's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. D.J. Dolić showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Santiago Mino, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. D.J. Dolić showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santiago Mino in the 18th minute of the match. Victorino Francis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leon Richie, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Victorino Francis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ciriaco Goren, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Palermo's Victorino Francis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leon Richie in the 25th minute of play. Victorino Francis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ciriaco Goren, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. The audience was convinced that Leon Richie's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Victorino Francis was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. 36 minutes into the match, Masked Stars FBJ's goalkeeper D.J. Dolić had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Santiago Mino. In the 37th minute Santiago Mino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but D.J. Dolić saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Victorino Francis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gaston Fanuco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Victorino Francis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leon Richie in the 42nd minute of play. When the match had gone on for 44 minutes, Gaston Fanuco put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Victorino Francis.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Arnoldo Medina was the one to do the kick off. Rigoberto Baraquiel's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Victorino Francis firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 52ndth minute of the game Arnoldo Medina who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Masked Stars FBJ's D.J. Dolić was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 53rd minute Arnoldo Medina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but D.J. Dolić saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 60th minute, Santiago Mino made a precise shot to the right of D.J. Dolić. Masked Stars FBJ's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. D.J. Dolić took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Santiago Mino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Carles Borg's late challenge caught a Masked Stars FBJ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Carles Borg helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Palermo's Carles Borg got a free kick in the 65th minute. The supporters of Palermo booed when Masked Stars FBJ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Herminio Emesto didn't get a good kick on the ball. Palermo's Victorino Francis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leon Richie in the 72nd minute of play. After 74 minutes of play, Masked Stars FBJ's Gaston Fanuco made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Victorino Francis was left in no man's land by his defense there! 76 minutes into the match, Palermo's goal looked a bit too open when Leon Richie came free, but Victorino Francis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Victorino Francis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Leon Richie went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santiago Mino in the 86th minute of play forced Masked Stars FBJ's goalkeeper D.J. Dolić to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Masked Stars FBJ's D.J. Dolić played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santiago Mino in the 88th minute of play. A collision led to Palermo getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Saul Felo hit a great ball. In the 93rdth minute of the game Leon Richie who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Palermo's Victorino Francis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The Masked Stars FBJ players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.