Prized/Friendly Cup

Ricardo Garviras
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Romão Mourato started the match with the kick off. In the 7th play minute Romão Mourato came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Jacobo Urdin. 1-0. Romão Mourato received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jacobo Urdin came out and tried to block the shot, but Romão Mourato slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 15th minute. After having played for 29 minutes, Romão Mourato managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Roneros F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Romão Mourato was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Roneros F.C.'s Ricardo Ceberiche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jacob Albuquerque in the 31st minute of play. In the 32nd match minute, La Candela FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gonzalo Soin to maneuver through the defense. Ke Yin hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Romão Mourato who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 45thth minute tested the skills of Jacobo Urdin when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Romão Mourato's late challenge caught a La Candela FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Romão Mourato helped the player get up and apologised. After 47 played minutes Roneros F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Romão Mourato. 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 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jacob Albuquerque to make the kick off. La Candela FC's attentive Michal Prus managed to snatch the ball when Ke Yin made a throw-in in the 53rd minute of the game. Roneros F.C.'s Witomir Jestrimski was substituted for Pontus Picado. Roneros F.C.'s Jiang Sha was substituted for Washington Piedrahita. The throw-in from Mattias Classon in the 58th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by La Candela FC's Liu Liang Gang. A collision led to La Candela FC getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Liu Liang Gang hit a great ball. Jacobo Urdin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Witomir Jestrimski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 75 played minutes Roneros F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Jiang Sha. La Candela FC made a substitution. Laurenz Goddez replaced Gonzalo Soin. Roneros F.C.'s Patrick Viera was substituted for Romão Mourato. After a rather tough play, Roneros F.C.'s Jiang Sha got a free kick in the 76th minute. With a little luck, Roneros F.C.'s Ricardo Ceberiche got control of the ball when Daniel Borsos tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 83rd minute Witomir Jestrimski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacobo Urdin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 84 played minutes La Candela FC got a freekick which was hit by Santo Millano. Jacobo Urdin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Witomir Jestrimski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. La Candela FC's Jacobo Urdin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Patrick Viera in the 86th minute of play. The supporters of Roneros F.C. booed when La Candela FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sebastian Mendoza didn't get a good kick on the ball. 88 minutes into the match, La Candela FC's goal looked a bit too open when Patrick Viera came free, but Jacobo Urdin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Roneros F.C. were awarded a corner in the 89th minute after La Candela FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jiang Sha took the corner. Jiang Sha made a great header on Roneros F.C.'s corner, it was just that La Candela FC's Jacobo Urdin managed to reach the ball for a save. 91 minutes into the game, Ortiz Apellaniz cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Jacobo Urdin was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 94th minute, Laurenz Goddez made a precise shot to the right of Ricardo Ceberiche. Roneros F.C.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. Daniel Borsos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 96th minute of the match, but Ricardo Ceberiche made a huge save. Roneros F.C.'s fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.