Prized/Friendly Cup

Estadio Doña Beija
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Robert Haegg kicked off to start the match. In the 5th minute Robert Haegg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Higinio Aguilera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xie Bang Ang took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Feliciano Haritzeder, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Xie Bang Ang was a little too slow when Jyrki Sillanpää got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 15th minute. The score was now 1-0. The throw-in from Hu Xiong Zhen in the 18th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Samuel Vela. 20 minutes into the match, Los Hijos de Doña Beija's goal looked a bit too open when Guaberto Matro came free, but Higinio Aguilera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 21 minutes had been played when some careless play by Los Hijos de Doña Beija's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Benjy Muller was slow to take the kick. During this time ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's corner Robert Haegg fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Higinio Aguilera quite easily take care of the ball. Robert Haegg blasted a shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Higinio Aguilera having to make a save. When the match clock showed 30 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Robert Haegg sped through Los Hijos de Doña Beija's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Higinio Aguilera. After some careless play in the ARedonditos de Ricota CFK defense, Jyrki Sillanpää kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Xie Bang Ang. The ARedonditos de Ricota CFK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Xie Bang Ang should have stopped the shot. Los Hijos de Doña Beija's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Argi Casta in the 38th minute. In the 41st minute, Robert Haegg ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Higinio Aguilera was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Xie Bang Ang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jyrki Sillanpää in the 53rd minute of play. 53 minutes into the game, Indiana Jones cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-2. Xie Bang Ang was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Feliciano Haritzeder had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Florentino Berasko was substituted for Robert Haegg. Xie Bang Ang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jyrki Sillanpää in the 58th minute of play. After 59 minutes ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Argi Casta who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Los Hijos de Doña Beija's corner Indiana Jones fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Xie Bang Ang quite easily take care of the ball. In the 64th minute Feliciano Haritzeder shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xie Bang Ang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xie Bang Ang came out of the goal in the 70th minute to try and stop a shot by Los Hijos de Doña Beija's Jyrki Sillanpää. But to his dismay, Jyrki Sillanpää quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-2. Los Hijos de Doña Beija made a substitution. Albino Brion replaced Jyrki Sillanpää. Los Hijos de Doña Beija's Luís Fábio Rocha was substituted for Indiana Jones. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Xie Bang Ang played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albino Brion in the 76th minute of play. Xie Bang Ang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Albino Brion in the 80th minute of the match. Feliciano Haritzeder sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Luís Fábio Rocha's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Xie Bang Ang was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Xie Bang Ang played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luís Fábio Rocha in the 94th minute of play. With a little luck, Los Hijos de Doña Beija's Higinio Aguilera got control of the ball when Florentino Berasko tried to sneak it across the goal line. Los Hijos de Doña Beija were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of ARedonditos de Ricota CFK for a fine match.