Prized/Friendly Cup

Diego A Maradona
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Lino Rios started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Roberto Eztebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hernan Lano in the 7th minute of the match. In the 17th minute, Adrián Espadas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Roberto Eztebe was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. AFC FUSION's Wojciech Fiszer managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Hernan Lano in the 20 minute of the game. After 30 minutes of play, Soroca F.C.'s Adrián Espadas made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roberto Eztebe was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of AFC FUSION booed when Soroca F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Max Josef Justice didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lino Rios in the 34th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dan Wennerqvist saved Soroca F.C. from getting behind. Hernan Lano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roberto Eztebe having to interfere. 43 minutes into the match, Lino Rios had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dan Wennerqvist. Soroca F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lino Rios was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. Roberto Eztebe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gustavo Tartalo, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute.

The audience was convinced that Adrián Espadas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roberto Eztebe was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. In the 60th minute the ball was on its way in behind AFC FUSION's goalkeeper Roberto Eztebe, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Soroca F.C. made a substitution. Romulo Thomas replaced Gustavo Tartalo. Max Josef Justice got a throw-in 71 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Răzvan Necula. After a defensive mix-up in AFC FUSION's zone, Răzvan Necula stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Roberto Eztebe came out of the goal and Răzvan Necula tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Roberto Eztebe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Răzvan Necula, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Dan Wennerqvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lino Rios, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Rodolfo Atarrabi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roberto Eztebe having to interfere. Răzvan Necula received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Roberto Eztebe came out and tried to block the shot, but Răzvan Necula slotted it home off the left post making it 3-4 in the 90th minute. AFC FUSION made a substitution. Kai Havertz replaced Jan Hop.

The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Soroca F.C. eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.