Official Cup

The Betsy Stadium
Spectators: 149 (Terracing: 112, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Schorsch Schmalzbauer made the kick off which started today's match. Venancio Calisto's late challenge caught a Staffordshire Terrier FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Venancio Calisto helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Zuberbühler FC's Venancio Calisto got a free kick in the 2nd minute. After having played for 4 minutes, 史挺亮 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Staffordshire Terrier FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but 史挺亮 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Marciano Min in the 7th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Clive Holloway prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Clive Holloway showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marciano Min in the 11th minute of the match. 15 minutes into the match, Staffordshire Terrier FC's goal looked a bit too open when Marciano Min came free, but Clive Holloway reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 17 minutes, Ubaldo Matildo Abbondanzieri successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Clive Holloway stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marciano Min's shot from short distance in the 18th minute. In the 23rd minute, Marciano Min made a precise shot to the right of Clive Holloway. Staffordshire Terrier FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. 28 minutes into the match, Staffordshire Terrier FC's goal looked a bit too open when Marciano Min came free, but Clive Holloway reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ubaldo Matildo Abbondanzieri was a little too slow when Schorsch Schmalzbauer got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 31st minute. The score was now 1-1. In the 36th minute of the match, Schorsch Schmalzbauer got a very nice opportunity to score, but Ubaldo Matildo Abbondanzieri was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when 史挺亮 got free with Ubaldo Matildo Abbondanzieri in the 38th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 41st minute, Matt Sullivan got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 46 minutes into the match, Staffordshire Terrier FC's Schorsch Schmalzbauer sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ubaldo Matildo Abbondanzieri narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Marciano Min to strike the kick off in the second half. A throw-in in the 55th minute of the game was made by Mark Mager with Schorsch Schmalzbauer as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Staffordshire Terrier FC's Oakley Smith was substituted for Mark Mager. Zuberbühler FC made a substitution. Iwan Sebzda replaced Marciano Min. Zuberbühler FC's attentive Saul Baumer managed to snatch the ball when Oakley Smith made a throw-in in the 59th minute of the game. Iwan Sebzda might have been able to make a better finish in the 60th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Clive Holloway. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Iwan Sebzda ran back to his position shaking his head. Grant Black got a throw-in 63 minutes in the game and the ball was received by 史挺亮. Clive Holloway made a fantastic save in the 66th minute, when Iwan Sebzda sent off a good shot on target. Staffordshire Terrier FC's Clive Holloway proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save Staffordshire Terrier FC from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Iwan Sebzda got free with Clive Holloway in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 78 minutes into the match, Zuberbühler FC's goal looked a bit too open when Matt Sullivan came free, but Ubaldo Matildo Abbondanzieri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Iwan Sebzda's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Clive Holloway was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. In the 81stth minute of the game Schorsch Schmalzbauer who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Zuberbühler FC's Ubaldo Matildo Abbondanzieri was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 84th minute, Zuberbühler FC's Iwan Sebzda dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. Zuberbühler FC's Florentino Lastur was substituted for Cirilo Ebardo. Staffordshire Terrier FC made a substitution. Tristram Gower replaced Schorsch Schmalzbauer. Venancio Calisto made in the 89th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Florentino Lastur immediately put the ball in play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Saul Baumer in the 93rd minute of play forced Staffordshire Terrier FC's goalkeeper Clive Holloway to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ubaldo Matildo Abbondanzieri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tristram Gower in the 95th minute of the match. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Zuberbühler FC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.