Official Cup

Gigante de Rosario
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Christian Olofsson started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Lucas Sanson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hu Zhen Di, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 16th minute of the match, Amado Bermudo tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Robin Bäckström saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After having played for 18 minutes, Enrique Bakar managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Echesortu Football Club's supporters crossed their fingers, but Enrique Bakar was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Amado Bermudo came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the Echesortu Football Club 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 Amado Bermudo couldn't finish the play. In the 21st minute of the match Echesortu Football Club got a corner. The Northmen Army's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Timoteo Erramu ran over to the corner to take the kick. Robin Bäckström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amado Bermudo in the 23rd minute of play. In the 23rd minute, Amado Bermudo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Echesortu Football Club fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. After 28 played minutes Echesortu Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Timoteo Erramu. In the 32nd minute, Guaberto Chucho reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Robin Bäckström. The goal made the score 2-0. 35 minutes into the match, Echesortu Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Hjalmar Håkansson came free, but Lucas Sanson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sebastian Wacherhausen's late challenge caught a Echesortu Football Club's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sebastian Wacherhausen helped the player get up and apologised. In the 36th match minute, The Northmen Army was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sebastian Wacherhausen to maneuver through the defense. Enrique Bakar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Robin Bäckström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Guaberto Chucho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to The Northmen Army getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Igor Bozakov hit a great ball. The Northmen Army's Teobald Polakowski was substituted for Christian Olofsson. After 60 played minutes, Echesortu Football Club's Timoteo Erramu shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Robin Bäckström came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Echesortu Football Club reached it. In the 62nd minute Amado Bermudo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Robin Bäckström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 63 minutes into the match, Timoteo Erramu notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of The Northmen Army's Robin Bäckström. Robin Bäckström was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Robin Bäckström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amado Bermudo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Echesortu Football Club's Timoteo Erramu got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Robin Bäckström didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Amado Bermudo went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Guaberto Chucho struck a weak shot in the 87th minute. Robin Bäckström didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Echesortu Football Club. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Amado Bermudo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Echesortu Football Club's supporters rose to their feet, but Amado Bermudo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Robin Bäckström breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 91st minute Kevin Näfver shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lucas Sanson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Echesortu Football Club's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.