Prized/Friendly Cup

New York Arena
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Chico Valadares started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by FRANK's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pastor Pio was slow to take the kick. During this time . SC Manhattan .'s players had a chance to rest. Pastor Pio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Doğa Yurday fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hugo Moraes having to interfere. Chico Valadares sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Hugo Moraes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Chico Valadares in the 18th minute. Chico Valadares sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Hugo Moraes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Chico Valadares in the 30th minute. Chico Valadaress short, quick shot in the 32ndth minute got Hugo Moraes to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pastor Pio got free with Hugo Moraes in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Esteban Ignado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Matias Taffarel having to interfere. The referee gave FRANK a penalty, 46 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Wout Gheysen, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of . SC Manhattan .'s Matias Taffarel. 2-1. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Esteban Ignado made a kick off. In the 55thth minute of the game Chico Valadares who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FRANK's Hugo Moraes was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Chico Valadares sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. FRANK's Hugo Moraes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chico Valadares in the 58th minute of play. 67 minutes into the match, Chico Valadares notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of FRANK's Hugo Moraes. Hugo Moraes was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 71 minutes into the match, . SC Manhattan .'s Chico Valadares sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hugo Moraes narrowly saved just below the crossbar. . SC Manhattan .'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Pastor Pio in the 72nd minute. A very nice done corner allowed Chico Valadares to score against Hugo Moraes in FRANK's goal. 4-1 after 72 minutes. After having played for 75 minutes, Washington Netto managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. . SC Manhattan .'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Washington Netto was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Hugo Moraes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pastor Pio, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Hugo Moraes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chico Valadares, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. After 83 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for FRANK! The referee gave . SC Manhattan . a penalty, 85 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Pastor Pio, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of FRANK's Hugo Moraes. 5-1. After a defensive mix-up in FRANK's zone, Chico Valadares stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hugo Moraes came out of the goal and Chico Valadares tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, FRANK's 梅 甘 got a free kick in the 89th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chico Valadares in the 92nd minute of play forced FRANK's goalkeeper Hugo Moraes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The corner ended in Pastor Pio almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FRANK's Hugo Moraes did a great save. Esteban Ignado kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. When Pastor Pio came up free with the goalie in the 97th minute, the . SC Manhattan . fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Pastor Pio couldn't finish the play. . SC Manhattan . were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of FRANK for a fine match.