Official Cup

中国•北京•鸟巢
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Pietro Salles kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute, Pietro Salles left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Equipo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After a rather tough play, Equipo's Pietro Salles got a free kick in the 5th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Juan Edur kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ismael Furman. That made the score 1-1 in the 8 minute of play. In the 13th minute, 邓思思 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 16th minute of the match Equipo got a corner. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Raul Vigil ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 19th match minute, ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 邓思思 to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Pietro Salles's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eddy Luirink was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. After 32 minutes of play, Equipo's Pietro Salles made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eddy Luirink was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ismael Furman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marc Bouman, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Taribo West hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Ismael Furman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustaw Fudalej in the 39th minute of the match. Ismael Furman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marc Bouman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pietro Salles in the 47th minute of play forced ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's goalkeeper Eddy Luirink to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Equipo's Ronaldo Cristi was substituted for Pietro Salles. Equipo's Darío Benedetto was substituted for Emiliano Lluterio. Eddy Luirink made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Darío Benedetto in the 58th minute of play. Eddy Luirink made an important save on a dangerous shot by Darío Benedetto in the 62nd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Darío Benedetto got free with Eddy Luirink in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Darío Benedetto could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Eddy Luirink made a huge save. Ismael Furman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dumitru Stratulat in the 68th minute of the match. A collision led to Equipo getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Taribo West hit a great ball. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's 苏皓强 was substituted for Juan Edur. Taribo West hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ronaldo Cristi in the 72nd minute of play forced ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's goalkeeper Eddy Luirink to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 73 minutes into the match, Darío Benedetto had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Eddy Luirink. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Darío Benedetto was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's Eddy Luirink proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅 from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, ≮王者归来≯紫禁之巅's Eddy Luirink got control of the ball when 俞辉正 tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Equipo's zone, 苏皓强 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ismael Furman came out of the goal and 苏皓强 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Equipo eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.