Prized/Friendly Cup

Down Park
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Downchester City's Haimar Fuentes 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 2nd minute, Marcel Freitas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Predators's supporters rose to their feet, but Marcel Freitas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Xepe Gandia breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some careless play in the Downchester City defense, Marcel Freitas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Xepe Gandia. The Downchester City fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Xepe Gandia should have stopped the shot. Xepe Gandia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zbyszko Glembin, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. In the 15th minute, Marcel Freitas made a precise shot to the right of Xepe Gandia. Downchester City's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. After 22 minutes of play, Predators's Çakır Baycan made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Xepe Gandia was left in no man's land by his defense there! Xepe Gandia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Milosz Deery in the 27th minute of play. Marcel Freitas took the ball and in the 30 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Xepe Gandia. Xepe Gandia dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Xepe Gandia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcel Freitas in the 33rd minute of play. In the 35th minute, Milosz Deery left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Predators fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. In the 42nd minute Zbyszko Glembin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xepe Gandia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half Predators were leading 0-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Çakır Baycan made a kick off. With a little luck, Downchester City's Xepe Gandia got control of the ball when Marcel Freitas tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 58th minute, Çakır Baycan reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Xepe Gandia. The goal made the score 0-6. Xepe Gandia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Milosz Deery, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 67 minutes into the game, Downchester City's Haimar Fuentes nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Uchenna Panter made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-6. In the 70th minute, Zbyszko Glembin made a precise shot to the right of Xepe Gandia. Downchester City's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-7. 73 minutes into the match, Marcel Freitas dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Xepe Gandia, 1-8. After 80 minutes, Haimar Fuentes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Downchester City and the Predators players grew even worse after the yellow card. Haimar Fuentes hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. In the 82nd match minute, Predators was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hamit Babürşah to maneuver through the defense. In the 83rd minute, Ismael Marques 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. Downchester City's Xepe Gandia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Çakır Baycan in the 87th minute of play. Çakır Baycan did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-9 to the left of a surprised Xepe Gandia 90 minutes into the match. Xepe Gandia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Milosz Deery in the 94th minute of play. The Downchester City fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Predators were clearly better and deserved to take the win.