Official Cup

Arena Imperial
Spectators: 156 (Terracing: 117, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when José Maria Pena got the match started through his kick off. A.D. Imperial's Valeri Zabelin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcos Lluis in the 4th minute of play. Marcos Lluis scored 0-1 in the 6th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Valeri Zabelin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Aprígio Montenegro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Akis Bouzios, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Aprígio Montenegro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Akis Bouzios in the 14th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, CheR FC's Benny Impens got a free kick in the 17th minute. The supporters of A.D. Imperial booed when CheR FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hipolito Frasquito didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers José Maria Pena in the 19th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aprígio Montenegro saved CheR FC from getting behind. Su Jun Yang recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 22nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A.D. Imperial's Valeri Zabelin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcos Lluis in the 23rd minute of play. Hipolito Frasquito made in the 26th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Marcos Lluis however managed to control. Valeri Zabelin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernard Motowski in the 29th minute of the match. Valeri Zabelin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcos Lluis, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. In the 32nd minute Marcos Lluis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valeri Zabelin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Valeri Zabelin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bernard Motowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. José Maria Pena fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aprígio Montenegro having to interfere. In the 45th minute, Bernard Motowski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Valeri Zabelin was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Marcos Lluis to make the kick off. 54 minutes into the game, Hipolito Frasquito threw the ball into play from the sideline. A.D. Imperial's Cristian Gâfu quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. José Maria Pena sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 58th minute, Clemente Massa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Victor Clifford kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Marcos Lluis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Valeri Zabelin was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. CheR FC's Alberto Charro was substituted for Lucio Peyo. After 69 played minutes A.D. Imperial got a freekick which was hit by Cristian Gâfu. With an all-out effort, CheR FC's Valeri Zabelin threw himself towards the right post 70 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Marcos Lluis, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 78 played minutes CheR FC got a freekick which was hit by Alberto Charro. In the 81st minute Marcos Lluis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valeri Zabelin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Valeri Zabelin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Su Jun Yang, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. After 85 minutes of play, CheR FC's Marcos Lluis made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Valeri Zabelin was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcos Lluis in the 96th minute of play forced A.D. Imperial's goalkeeper Valeri Zabelin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The CheR FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing CheR FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.