National cup

National stadium
Spectators: 1028 (Terracing: 772, Seating: 236, VIP seats: 20) The supporters of Luxembourg booed when Spain was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Coronel Castro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Miguel Sanches received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Robert Bresson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Karlheinz Ludecke showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Coronel Castro, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. In the 7thth minute of the game Coronel Castro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Luxembourg's Karlheinz Ludecke was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Karlheinz Ludecke showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Coronel Castro in the 9th minute of the match. Robert Bresson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miguel Sanches in the 10th minute of play. Karlheinz Ludecke showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Coronel Castro, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Karlheinz Ludecke made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Francesc Tamari in the 17th minute of play. Karlheinz Ludecke made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Coronel Castro in the 19th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miguel Sanches in the 26th minute of play forced Spain's goalkeeper Robert Bresson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Miguel Sanches's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Robert Bresson was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. If Zeno Pfützner had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 37 minutes into the match, Spain's goal looked a bit too open when Miguel Sanches came free, but Robert Bresson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match clock showed 38 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Miguel Sanches sped through Spain's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Robert Bresson. Karlheinz Ludecke showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Coronel Castro in the 41st minute of the match. 43 minutes into the match, Luxembourg's goal looked a bit too open when Francesc Tamari came free, but Karlheinz Ludecke reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 45th minute Francesc Tamari shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karlheinz Ludecke saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Francesc Tamari to make the kick off. Luxembourg's Karlheinz Ludecke played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cordarin Escurza in the 52nd minute of play. 54 minutes into the match, Luxembourg's goal looked a bit too open when Cordarin Escurza came free, but Karlheinz Ludecke reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Karlheinz Ludecke showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Coronel Castro in the 57th minute of the match. A collision led to Spain getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Mero Griful hit a great ball. Karlheinz Ludecke made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cordarin Escurza in the 61st minute of play. Karlheinz Ludecke took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Coronel Castro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Karlheinz Ludecke was a little too slow when Coronel Castro got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 66th minute. The score was now 1-1. Spain's Froilan Reyes was substituted for Francesc Tamari. Spain's Mattæus Landsiggaard was substituted for Mero Griful. Luxembourg's Tim Tudor was substituted for Edmund Achenbach. Froilan Reyes blasted a shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Karlheinz Ludecke having to make a save. In the 73rd minute Miguel Sanches shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Robert Bresson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 77 played minutes Luxembourg got a freekick which was hit by Luka Weber. In the 84th play minute Froilan Reyes came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Karlheinz Ludecke. 1-2. Cordarin Escurza kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Froilan Reyes in the 91st minute of play forced Luxembourg's goalkeeper Karlheinz Ludecke to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Froilan Reyes scored 1-3 in the 91st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Karlheinz Ludecke, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 94th play minutes Froilan Reyes shot 1-4, a short shot which went by Karlheinz Ludecke and just under the crossbar into goal. Spain played a much better game than Luxembourg and deserved their victory. The Luxembourg players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.