Prized/Friendly Cup

Manilla Box
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Pepillo Servin kicked off to start the match. Oriol Loyola hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mats Caballero in the 6th minute of play forced Leones FC's goalkeeper Alfonso Villamarin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Manilla 11's zone, Oriol Loyola stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Robbie Neilson came out of the goal and Oriol Loyola tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Manilla 11's Mats Caballero got a free kick in the 7th minute. Robbie Neilson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Casado Arambula in the 9th minute of play. Pepillo Servin scored 0-1 in the 11th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Robbie Neilson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Robbie Neilson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Casado Arambula, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. After some careless play in the Manilla 11 defense, Pepillo Servin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Robbie Neilson. The Manilla 11 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Robbie Neilson should have stopped the shot. 22 minutes into the match, Manilla 11's goal looked a bit too open when Oriol Loyola came free, but Robbie Neilson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Oriol Loyola's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Robbie Neilson was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Leones FC's Alfonso Villamarin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mats Caballero in the 29th minute of play. When Casado Arambula came up free with the goalie in the 31st minute, the Leones FC 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 Casado Arambula couldn't finish the play. The corner ended in Liu Feng Zhen almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Manilla 11's Robbie Neilson did a great save. Pepillo Servin struck a weak shot in the 42nd minute. Robbie Neilson didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Leones FC. 47 minutes into the match, Manilla 11's goal looked a bit too open when Pepillo Servin came free, but Robbie Neilson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After the first half Leones FC were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mats Caballero stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ding Lauzon made in the 57th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Junjun Santos. In the 59th minute, Leones FC's Oriol Loyola dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-6. Ding Lauzon made in the 63rd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Junjun Santos however managed to control. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pepillo Servin got free with Robbie Neilson in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Manilla 11's Robbie Neilson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save Manilla 11 from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Manilla 11 getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Floyd Bahadoran hit a great ball. The Manilla 11 fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Leones FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.