Official Cup

ARENA PANTANAL
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Johannes Bryn took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Johannes Bryn in the 3rd minute of play forced TAQUARI FC's goalkeeper Rodolfo Salgado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rock Hard FC were awarded a corner in the 5th minute after TAQUARI FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tage Øye took the corner. Rock Hard FC's Tage Øye was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Rodolfo Salgado in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Rodolfo Salgado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eilert Totland in the 8th minute of play. Rodolfo Salgado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eilert Totland in the 8th minute of the match. In the 12th minute Wilton Vale shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kenneth Drange saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 16 minutes, Andreas Husebø mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Rock Hard FC and the TAQUARI FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. 17 minutes into the match, Rock Hard FC's goal looked a bit too open when Wilton Vale came free, but Kenneth Drange reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 18 minutes had been played when some careless play by Rock Hard FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Bernard Letourneau was slow to take the kick. During this time TAQUARI FC's players had a chance to rest. Rodolfo Salgado stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Johannes Bryn's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. Rodolfo Salgado took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eilert Totland, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 27 minutes into the match, Rock Hard FC's goal looked a bit too open when Wilton Vale came free, but Kenneth Drange reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 32 minutes into the match, Wilton Vale notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Rock Hard FC's Kenneth Drange. Kenneth Drange was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Johannes Bryn in the 35th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rodolfo Salgado prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the match clock showed 35 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Johannes Bryn sped through TAQUARI FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Rodolfo Salgado. Rock Hard FC's Kenneth Drange proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save Rock Hard FC from getting a goal against them. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Rodolfo Salgado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eilert Totland in the 55th minute of the match. In the 55th minute Eilert Totland shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rodolfo Salgado saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rodolfo Salgado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Johannes Bryn, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Johannes Bryn in the 60th minute of play forced TAQUARI FC's goalkeeper Rodolfo Salgado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Johannes Bryn sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 72nd match minute, Rock Hard FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andreas Husebø to maneuver through the defense. TAQUARI FC's Erasmo Gaspar was substituted for Ernani Souto. The supporters of TAQUARI FC booed when Rock Hard FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andreas Husebø didn't get a good kick on the ball. Kenneth Drange made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wilton Vale in the 75th minute of play. Wilton Vale might have been able to make a better finish in the 81st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Kenneth Drange. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Wilton Vale ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilton Vale in the 81st minute of play forced Rock Hard FC's goalkeeper Kenneth Drange to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Rock Hard FC booed when TAQUARI FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Giannis Karagiotis didn't get a good kick on the ball. 87 minutes into the match, Wilton Vale had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kenneth Drange. Rock Hard FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Wilton Vale was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. A collision led to TAQUARI FC getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Igor Tinoco hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sigve Ramberg got free with Rodolfo Salgado in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sigve Ramberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rodolfo Salgado having to interfere. 95 minutes into the match, Rock Hard FC's goal looked a bit too open when Wilton Vale came free, but Kenneth Drange reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rock Hard FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.