Prized/Friendly Cup

La Bombonera
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) In the 2nd minute, Abdi Mehmet Rakim made a precise shot to the right of Óscar Cordoba. Sporting de Gijón's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. The supporters of Sporting de Gijón booed when The Everett Hawks was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Philippe-Arnaud Heremans didn't get a good kick on the ball. Venancio Emesto's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 9thth minute, Ludo Vanden Bossche skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. A collision led to The Everett Hawks getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Fre van Eijnde hit a great ball. If Fre van Eijnde had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 16 minutes into the match, The Everett Hawks's goal looked a bit too open when Diego Maradona came free, but Ludo Vanden Bossche reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of The Everett Hawks booed when Sporting de Gijón was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alejandro Rufo didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Abdi Mehmet Rakim came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the The Everett Hawks fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Abdi Mehmet Rakim couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Willem-Jan Grootjans in the 23rd minute of play forced Sporting de Gijón's goalkeeper Óscar Cordoba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 24 minutes into the match, The Everett Hawks's goal looked a bit too open when Matias Bilintx came free, but Ludo Vanden Bossche reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fre van Eijnde blasted a shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Óscar Cordoba having to make a save. Abdi Mehmet Rakim scored 0-3 in the 29th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Óscar Cordoba, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ludo Vanden Bossche showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matias Bilintx, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. The audience was convinced that Philippe-Arnaud Heremans's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Óscar Cordoba was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. In the 39thth minute of the game Philippe-Arnaud Heremans who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sporting de Gijón's Óscar Cordoba was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Sporting de Gijón's Óscar Cordoba played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abdi Mehmet Rakim in the 41st minute of play. 45 minutes into the game, Philippe-Arnaud Heremans cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Óscar Cordoba was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Matias Bilintx stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ludo Vanden Bossche showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diego Maradona, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Sporting de Gijón's Óscar Cordoba proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save Sporting de Gijón from getting a goal against them. Alphonso Davies kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Sporting de Gijón made a substitution. Kauan de Barros replaced Atilano Feo. In the 68th minute, Alphonso Davies hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Philippe-Arnaud Heremans came free with the goalkeeper in the 71st minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Óscar Cordoba could save by the left post. Abdi Mehmet Rakim sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Everett Hawks's Ludo Vanden Bossche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diego Maradona in the 75th minute of play. The Everett Hawks's Andy Van Aghten was substituted for Philip Goorts. The corner ended in Laureano Shantala almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Sporting de Gijón's Óscar Cordoba did a great save. In the 87th minute Diego Maradona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ludo Vanden Bossche saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Carlo Crema fell near the penalty area in the 93rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sporting de Gijón's protests and gave Carlo Crema a yellow card for diving instead. In the 94th minute of the match Feijo Fresnos shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Óscar Cordoba showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball.