Official Cup

Fox River
Spectators: 156 (Terracing: 117, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Normando Fiúza started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Scofield's goalkeeper Alvaro Valente, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Normando Fiúza in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alvaro Valente saved Scofield from getting behind. Qiu Zhi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Feliciano Baumar in the 10th minute of play. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by SILMONT's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alto Roca was slow to take the kick. During this time Scofield's players had a chance to rest. SILMONT's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Feliciano Baumar 12 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-0. With a little luck, SILMONT's Qiu Zhi got control of the ball when Feliciano Baumar tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Normando Fiúza in the 31st minute of play forced Scofield's goalkeeper Alvaro Valente to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 39 minutes into the game, Damazy Ruszczyk threw the ball into play from the sideline. Scofield's Alto Roca quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. With his leg Qiu Zhi managed to avoid a goal in the 40thth minute, when Scofield's Feliciano Baumar fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. A collision led to SILMONT getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Mai Zhen hit a great ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Feliciano Baumar to strike the kick off in the second half. Mai Zhen kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. Alvaro Valente made an important save on a dangerous shot by Normando Fiúza in the 54th minute. After 56 played minutes Scofield got a freekick which was hit by Feliciano Baumar. In the 59th minute, Normando Fiúza reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Alvaro Valente. The goal made the score 1-1. Mai Zhen made in the 61st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Scofield's Aaron Bemabe. In the 63rd minute Thomas Albaret shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alvaro Valente saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Scofield's Alvaro Valente played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thomas Albaret in the 66th minute of play. Qiu Zhi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valerius Ginsberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Alvaro Valente showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thomas Albaret in the 74th minute of the match. In the 77th minute SILMONT were awarded a corner. Titouan Canal went to the cornerflag to take it. Thomas Albaret was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Normando Fiúza in the 81st minute of play forced Scofield's goalkeeper Alvaro Valente to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Scofield's Cayetano Urdin in the 84th minute got a chance for a shot 84th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SILMONT's goalie prevented a goal. 86 minutes into the match, Scofield's goal looked a bit too open when Thomas Albaret came free, but Alvaro Valente reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Qiu Zhi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cayetano Urdin in the 87th minute of the match. Scofield's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Alto Roca in the 89th minute. The corner ended in Cayetano Urdin almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but SILMONT's Qiu Zhi did a great save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Titouan Canal got free with Alvaro Valente in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Scofield's Alvaro Valente played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thomas Albaret in the 93rd minute of play. Alto Roca's late challenge caught a SILMONT's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alto Roca helped the player get up and apologised. Alto Roca hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. The SILMONT players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Scofield from taking control. The game ends in a draw.