Official Cup

Iveagh Grounds
Spectators: 172 (Terracing: 130, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Medero Barral got the match started through his kick off. Brigid Rutherford showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 康鸿潮 in the 8th minute of the match. Christiano Ronaldo scored 0-1 in the 10th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Brigid Rutherford, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christiano Ronaldo in the 14th minute of play forced St. James Gate F.C.'s goalkeeper Brigid Rutherford to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 15 minutes St. James Gate F.C.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Iurie Macovei who took care of the corner kick. Altza Herria's Iurie Macovei was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Brigid Rutherford in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After a rather tough play, Altza Herria's Conrado Pastor got a free kick in the 16th minute. With a little luck, Altza Herria's Julio-César van Beek got control of the ball when Hewney Kirby tried to sneak it across the goal line. St. James Gate F.C.'s Brigid Rutherford played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Medero Barral in the 21st minute of play. Altza Herria's Julio-César van Beek proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save Altza Herria from getting a goal against them. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Medero Barral in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Brigid Rutherford saved St. James Gate F.C. from getting behind. Brigid Rutherford showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christiano Ronaldo in the 30th minute of the match. 31 minutes into the match, St. James Gate F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Christiano Ronaldo came free, but Brigid Rutherford reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Altza Herria's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Iurie Macovei in the 33rd minute. A well done corner resulted in Alvito Villa drilling the ball in to score 0-2 behind St. James Gate F.C.'s goalkeeper. Brigid Rutherford showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 康鸿潮 in the 36th minute of the match. In the 37th minute Altza Herria were awarded a corner. Iurie Macovei went to the cornerflag to take it. Medero Barral took the ball and in the 42 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Brigid Rutherford. Brigid Rutherford dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. After a defensive mix-up in St. James Gate F.C.'s zone, Iurie Macovei stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Brigid Rutherford came out of the goal and Iurie Macovei tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Pearse McWilliam to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Iurie Macovei got free with Brigid Rutherford in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 55 minutes had been played when some careless play by St. James Gate F.C.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Iurie Macovei was slow to take the kick. During this time Altza Herria's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Alvito Villa got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Brigid Rutherford quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 56 minutes into the game, Altza Herria's Medero Barral nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Brigid Rutherford made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Federico Bouzas took the ball and in the 61 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Brigid Rutherford. Brigid Rutherford dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. After a rather tough play, St. James Gate F.C.'s Burke Martyn got a free kick in the 65th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marcos Saavedra got free with Brigid Rutherford in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christiano Ronaldo in the 68th minute of play forced St. James Gate F.C.'s goalkeeper Brigid Rutherford to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcos Saavedra in the 70th minute of play forced St. James Gate F.C.'s goalkeeper Brigid Rutherford to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ernani de Amaral hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. After 74 played minutes St. James Gate F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Rowland McDecland. In the 77th minute, Altza Herria's Marcos Saavedra dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-6. Brigid Rutherford showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tạ Colado, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Federico Bouzas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Brigid Rutherford tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Brigid Rutherford came out of the goal in the 95th minute to try and stop a shot by Altza Herria's Marcos Saavedra. But to his dismay, Marcos Saavedra quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-10.