Official Cup

A Gentle Touch Arena
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Monte Cortazar made the kick off and thus started the match. Florentino Cedro might have been able to make a better finish in the 4th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Qian Xing Wei. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Florentino Cedro ran back to his position shaking his head. Qian Xing Wei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florentino Cedro in the 4th minute of the match. 6 minutes into the game, Eleven Nation Army's Helge Brun nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sirod Rayadi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Viggo Lundkvist in the 8th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sirod Rayadi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 9 minutes had been played when some careless play by SC Conceição's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Viggo Lundkvist was slow to take the kick. During this time Eleven Nation Army's players had a chance to rest. Helge Bruns short, quick shot in the 14thth minute got Sirod Rayadi to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 19 minutes into the game, Florentino Cedro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Qian Xing Wei was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. SC Conceição's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Kauã Rezende in the 24th minute. After having played for 26 minutes, Helge Brun managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Eleven Nation Army's supporters crossed their fingers, but Helge Brun was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Florentino Cedro in the 28th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Qian Xing Wei prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After some careless play in the Eleven Nation Army defense, Florentino Cedro kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Qian Xing Wei. The Eleven Nation Army fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Qian Xing Wei should have stopped the shot. Qian Xing Wei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Florentino Cedro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 38 minutes had been played when some careless play by Eleven Nation Army's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Kauã Rezende was slow to take the kick. During this time SC Conceição's players had a chance to rest. Qian Xing Wei came out of the goal in the 43rd minute to try and stop a shot by SC Conceição's Florentino Cedro. But to his dismay, Florentino Cedro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. After 46 played minutes Eleven Nation Army got a freekick which was hit by Senthil Suşu. After the first half SC Conceição were leading 1-3. 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 Helge Brun stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Senthil Suşu in the 52nd minute of play forced SC Conceição's goalkeeper Sirod Rayadi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes into the match, SC Conceição's goal looked a bit too open when Viggo Lundkvist came free, but Sirod Rayadi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Helge Brun in the 64th minute of play forced SC Conceição's goalkeeper Sirod Rayadi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eleven Nation Army's Qian Xing Wei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Florentino Cedro in the 65th minute of play. Florentino Cedro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Qian Xing Wei having to interfere. In the 69th minute Hubert Siöberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sirod Rayadi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 73 minutes, Qian Xing Wei successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 78thth minute of the game Florentino Cedro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Eleven Nation Army's Qian Xing Wei was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Tao Xing's late challenge caught a Eleven Nation Army's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tao Xing helped the player get up and apologised. Monte Cortazar succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-4 in the 87th playminute. Qian Xing Wei didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when SC Conceição's Florentino Cedro shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-5 in the ordered_time% minute. A collision led to SC Conceição getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Emanuel Gijselinx hit a great ball. The Eleven Nation Army manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing SC Conceição to win.