Official Cup

Dangerous Stadium
Spectators: 205 (Terracing: 154, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) New England Minas's Edgardo Silva started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 2nd minute, Gordon Harkin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gordon Harkin in the 5th minute of play forced New England Minas's goalkeeper Jeremy Nicholas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jeremy Nicholas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gordon Harkin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 11thth minute of the game Tio Lio who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★'s Cheng Guo Rong was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Gordon Harkin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gordon Harkin got free with Jeremy Nicholas in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edgardo Silva in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cheng Guo Rong saved ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★ from getting behind. Edgardo Silva might have been able to make a better finish in the 17th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Cheng Guo Rong. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edgardo Silva ran back to his position shaking his head. New England Minas's Jeremy Nicholas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save New England Minas from getting a goal against them. 22 minutes into the match, ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★'s goal looked a bit too open when Edgardo Silva came free, but Cheng Guo Rong reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gordon Harkin might have been able to make a better finish in the 27th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jeremy Nicholas. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gordon Harkin ran back to his position shaking his head. Cheng Guo Rong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tio Lio in the 30th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edgardo Silva in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cheng Guo Rong saved ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★ from getting behind. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edgardo Silva in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cheng Guo Rong saved ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★ from getting behind. In the 35thth minute of the game Edgardo Silva who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★'s Cheng Guo Rong was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 36 minutes ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Glen Conklin who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Tony Pacheco got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Cheng Guo Rong quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 38 minutes ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Glen Conklin who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on New England Minas's corner Glen Conklin fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Cheng Guo Rong quite easily take care of the ball. 42 minutes into the match, ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★'s goal looked a bit too open when Tio Lio came free, but Cheng Guo Rong reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Antonio Valente hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

51 minutes into the game, Oscar Nordmark threw the ball into play from the sideline. ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★'s Jorge Quiroga quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikolaj Beninda in the 52nd minute of play forced New England Minas's goalkeeper Jeremy Nicholas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. New England Minas's Jeremy Nicholas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mikolaj Beninda in the 52nd minute of play. A collision led to ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★ getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Jairo Calheiros hit a great ball. In the 60th minute Mikolaj Beninda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jeremy Nicholas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jeremy Nicholas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gordon Harkin in the 61st minute of play. 63 minutes into the game, Tio Lio recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Cheng Guo Rong. Tio Lio showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-1. ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★ made a substitution. Quinton Lastras replaced Jiang Ying Guo. Jeremy Nicholas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gordon Harkin in the 68th minute of the match. Cheng Guo Rong made a fantastic save in the 71st minute, when Tio Lio sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tio Lio got free with Cheng Guo Rong in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tony Pacheco in the 74th minute of play forced ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★'s goalkeeper Cheng Guo Rong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 77 minutes ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Glen Conklin who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Tony Pacheco managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. New England Minas's Arturo Sito was substituted for Tony Pacheco. An unexpectedly hard shot by Glen Conklin in the 80th minute of play forced ★Mz.梦✮ Aɾɳσɾ FC.★'s goalkeeper Cheng Guo Rong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jeremy Nicholas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Quinton Lastras in the 83rd minute of the match. 85 minutes into the match, Gordon Harkin notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of New England Minas's Jeremy Nicholas. Jeremy Nicholas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Cheng Guo Rong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arturo Sito in the 89th minute of play. Cheng Guo Rong took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arturo Sito, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cheng Guo Rong made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tio Lio in the 90th minute. When New England Minas's Tio Lio in 91 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Cheng Guo Rong guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.