Prized/Friendly Cup

Palermo
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Rodrigo Bautista got the match started through his kick off. The supporters of Palermo AFC booed when San Fernando Eagles was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ulysses Schmidt didn't get a good kick on the ball. Primitivo Jeraldo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vlad Enceanu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Rodrigo Bautista kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Bartolo Salvator. That made the score 1-0 in the 8 minute of play. Bartolo Salvator showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodrigo Bautista in the 11th minute of the match. When Palermo AFC's Rodrigo Bautista in the 11th minute got a chance for a shot 11th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye San Fernando Eagles's goalie prevented a goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rodrigo Bautista in the 11th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bartolo Salvator saved San Fernando Eagles from getting behind. When Palermo AFC's Rodrigo Bautista in the 11th minute got a chance for a shot 11th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye San Fernando Eagles's goalie prevented a goal. Primitivo Jeraldo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Michael Stor's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. In the 14th minute of the match San Fernando Eagles got a corner. Palermo AFC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Elias Navarro ran over to the corner to take the kick. Bartolo Salvator made an important save on a dangerous shot by Egon Lätte in the 15th minute. After 20 played minutes Palermo AFC got a freekick which was hit by Marcelo Domiku. Primitivo Jeraldo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Polo Quinteros in the 24th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rodrigo Bautista in the 26th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Bartolo Salvator prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ezequiel Marques charged in rather forcefully in the 29th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ezequiel Marques the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to San Fernando Eagles getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Ezequiel Marques hit a great ball. Rodrigo Bautista blasted a shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Bartolo Salvator having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodrigo Bautista in the 35th minute of play forced San Fernando Eagles's goalkeeper Bartolo Salvator to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rodrigo Bautista blasted a shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Bartolo Salvator having to make a save. In the 39th minute Rodrigo Bautista shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bartolo Salvator saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 40th minute the ball was on its way in behind San Fernando Eagles's goalkeeper Bartolo Salvator, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Cao Xi Kuan made a great header on Palermo AFC's corner, it was just that San Fernando Eagles's Bartolo Salvator managed to reach the ball for a save. Bartolo Salvator came out of the goal in the 42nd minute to try and stop a shot by Palermo AFC's Cao Xi Kuan. But to his dismay, Cao Xi Kuan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Vlad Enceanu was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute Rodrigo Bautista shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bartolo Salvator saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michael Stor in the 53rd minute of play forced Palermo AFC's goalkeeper Primitivo Jeraldo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 53rd minute, Michael Stor made a precise shot to the right of Primitivo Jeraldo. Palermo AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. In the 58th minute, Rodrigo Bautista made a precise shot to the right of Bartolo Salvator. San Fernando Eagles's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. Bartolo Salvator didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rodrigo Bautista went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 5-1 was the resulting score. San Fernando Eagles made a substitution. Vicente Sol replaced Vlad Enceanu. After a defensive mix-up in San Fernando Eagles's zone, Rodrigo Bautista stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bartolo Salvator came out of the goal and Rodrigo Bautista tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Palermo AFC's Jesus Dalmu was substituted for Egon Lätte. Niceto Chorache's late challenge caught a Palermo AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Niceto Chorache helped the player get up and apologised. Niceto Chorache kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. Bartolo Salvator made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodrigo Bautista in the 72nd minute of play. Rodrigo Bautista fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bartolo Salvator having to interfere. 75 minutes into the match, Palermo AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Vicente Sol came free, but Primitivo Jeraldo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bartolo Salvator showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodrigo Bautista in the 78th minute of the match. In the 81st minute the ball was on its way in behind San Fernando Eagles's goalkeeper Bartolo Salvator, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 89 minutes of play, Palermo AFC's Rodrigo Bautista made it 6-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bartolo Salvator was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some fancy dribbling in the 92nd minute, Rodrigo Bautista managed to get in a good position for a shot. Palermo AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Rodrigo Bautista was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bartolo Salvator breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The supporters of Palermo AFC booed when San Fernando Eagles was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nicodemo Diestre didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 94 played minutes Marcelo Domiku shot from long distance. At first the shot seemed to be simple for San Fernando Eagles's Bartolo Salvator to catch but Marcelo Domiku was lucky. It became 7-2 after the goalkeeper had been careless and dropped the ball into goal. In the 95th match minute, Palermo AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cao Xi Kuan to maneuver through the defense. Palermo AFC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of San Fernando Eagles for a fine match.