Manicomio Stadium
Spectators: 7528 (Terracing: 5647,
Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Ocean´s Eleven's Paulinho Guará 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. Flavio Lorencio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sven-Olof Örtendal having to interfere. In the 7th minute Edvard Arhenius shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Higinio Terciero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 10thth minute of the game Leon Black who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Maní FC's Higinio Terciero was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 14th minute Ingvar Hjortsberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Higinio Terciero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lorenzo Henrico fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sven-Olof Örtendal having to interfere. Higinio Terciero showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ulrik Kristiansson, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Sven-Olof Örtendal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Flavio Lorencio, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. 26 minutes into the match, Maní FC's goal looked a bit too open when Ingvar Hjortsberg came free, but Higinio Terciero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sven-Olof Örtendal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lorenzo Henrico in the 27th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Flavio Lorencio got free with Sven-Olof Örtendal in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ocean´s Eleven's Sven-Olof Örtendal proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save Ocean´s Eleven from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ingvar Hjortsberg in the 31st minute of play forced Maní FC's goalkeeper Higinio Terciero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 32 minutes of play, Ocean´s Eleven's Edvard Arhenius made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Higinio Terciero was left in no man's land by his defense there! Higinio Terciero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulinho Guará in the 36th minute of play. Higinio Terciero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leon Black in the 40th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Flavio Lorencio was the one to do the kick off. After a rather tough play, Ocean´s Eleven's Sigvard Algren got a free kick in the 50th minute. Teofilo Niva charged in rather forcefully in the 52nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Teofilo Niva the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. With a little luck, Maní FC's Higinio Terciero got control of the ball when Paulinho Guará tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 59 played minutes Ocean´s Eleven got a freekick which was hit by Sigvard Algren. After having played for 59 minutes, Honorio Oriol managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Maní FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Honorio Oriol was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Paulinho Guará sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Maní FC's Higinio Terciero played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paulinho Guará in the 65th minute of play. In the 67th minute, Dario Isaio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Paulinho Guará could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Higinio Terciero made a huge save. After 73 played minutes Ocean´s Eleven got a freekick which was hit by Ulrik Kristiansson. Ocean´s Eleven's Sven-Olof Örtendal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Honorio Oriol in the 75th minute of play. Sigvard Algren's late challenge caught a Maní FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sigvard Algren helped the player get up and apologised. In the 77th match minute, Ocean´s Eleven was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sigvard Algren to maneuver through the defense. Higinio Terciero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulinho Guará, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Ocean´s Eleven booed when Maní FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Domingos Salomone didn't get a good kick on the ball. Leon Black's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 89thth minute, Higinio Terciero skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After a rather tough play, Ocean´s Eleven's Karl-Michael Anundsson got a free kick in the 90th minute. Higinio Terciero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulinho Guará, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lorenzo Henrico hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Ocean´s Eleven eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.
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