Prized/Friendly Cup

Levenshulme Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Nestor Bâru started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. With his leg Venancio Cristofol managed to avoid a goal in the 7thth minute, when Mayo's Des Gill fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Nestor Bâru might have been able to make a better finish in the 9th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marcus Deacon. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nestor Bâru ran back to his position shaking his head. Marcus Deacon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nestor Bâru, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Marcus Deacon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nestor Bâru, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. 14 minutes into the match, Nestor Bâru had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marcus Deacon. Mayo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nestor Bâru was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After a defensive mix-up in Mayo's zone, Nestor Bâru stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marcus Deacon came out of the goal and Nestor Bâru tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Unidad de Matanza's Venancio Cristofol proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Unidad de Matanza from getting a goal against them. In the 21st minute Nestor Bâru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcus Deacon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 22 minutes Mayo's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Waldemar Okopny who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Waldemar Okopny almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Mayo's Marcus Deacon did a great save. Yannick Bartz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcus Deacon having to interfere. In the 28th minute, Mayo's Patrick Robins dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. Romulo Loiola made in the 31st minute of the game a quick throw-in and Patrick Robins immediately put the ball in play. Marcus Deacon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nestor Bâru in the 33rd minute of play. After 35 minutes of play, Unidad de Matanza's Nestor Bâru made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcus Deacon was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some careless play in the Mayo defense, Nestor Bâru kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marcus Deacon. The Mayo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marcus Deacon should have stopped the shot. Marcus Deacon didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nestor Bâru went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score. The referee felt a red card was in order, 47 minutes into the game, when Josef Krumbacher put in a rough tackle. Unidad de Matanza's Milton Rojas was substituted for Lotfi Ziadi. Venancio Cristofol had in the 50thth minute some difficulties stopping Samuel Farmer's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Des Gill made a kick off. In the 55th minute of the match Mayo got a corner. Unidad de Matanza's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Samuel Farmer ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 56thth minute of the game Des Gill who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Unidad de Matanza's Venancio Cristofol was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Venancio Cristofol showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Des Gill, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. In the 58th minute Des Gill shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Venancio Cristofol saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Unidad de Matanza booed when Mayo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Charlie Chamberlain didn't get a good kick on the ball. Unidad de Matanza's Maarten Aelbrecht was substituted for Yannick Bartz. The supporters of Unidad de Matanza booed when Mayo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Charlie Chamberlain didn't get a good kick on the ball. Waldemar Okopny, 62 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. In the 65th minute Des Gill shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Venancio Cristofol saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Michal Stehno could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Marcus Deacon made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Steve Oliver in the 69th minute of play forced Unidad de Matanza's goalkeeper Venancio Cristofol to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Des Gill kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. Mayo made a substitution. William Symons replaced Patrick Robins. The supporters of Unidad de Matanza booed when Mayo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Des Gill didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 74 minutes Mayo's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Waldemar Okopny who took care of the corner kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Michal Stehno heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. After a rather tough play, Mayo's Arlindo Trevisan got a free kick in the 77th minute. Unidad de Matanza's Venancio Cristofol played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Des Gill in the 85th minute of play. 92 minutes into the match, Unidad de Matanza's goal looked a bit too open when William Symons came free, but Venancio Cristofol reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marcus Deacon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michal Stehno, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute.