Official Cup

AZADİ ARENA
Spectators: 156 (Terracing: 117, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Lv Zhou made the kick off which started today's match. Xu Yi Lei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lv Zhou, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. City Friseur Wuppertal's Xu Yi Lei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lv Zhou in the 9th minute of play. Leonard Lixandru was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. 13 minutes into the match, LOS BUITRES's Lv Zhou sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Xu Yi Lei narrowly saved just below the crossbar. LOS BUITRES's Loco Higuita proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save LOS BUITRES from getting a goal against them. Albi Martínez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Loco Higuita made a huge save. In the 24th minute Avram Stegaru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Loco Higuita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Loco Higuita came out of the goal in the 26th minute to try and stop a shot by City Friseur Wuppertal's Avram Stegaru. But to his dismay, Avram Stegaru quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Loco Higuita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Albi Martínez, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. In the 34th match minute, City Friseur Wuppertal was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Işık Ayman to maneuver through the defense. 36 minutes into the match, City Friseur Wuppertal's goal looked a bit too open when Lv Zhou came free, but Xu Yi Lei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 37th minute of the match, Avram Stegaru tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Loco Higuita saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 42 minutes into the match, LOS BUITRES's goalkeeper Loco Higuita had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Albi Martínez. Loco Higuita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Albi Martínez in the 45th minute of the match. If Waldemar Ryback had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Waldemar Ryback stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Xavier Salazar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Xu Yi Lei tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lv Zhou's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 59thth minute, Xu Yi Lei skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Lv Zhou in the 61st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Xu Yi Lei prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 63rd minute of the match LOS BUITRES got a corner. City Friseur Wuppertal's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Carl Åberg ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led LOS BUITRES's Carl Åberg to fire away a dangerous shot which Xu Yi Lei despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 65 minutes into the match, LOS BUITRES's Lv Zhou sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Xu Yi Lei narrowly saved just below the crossbar. LOS BUITRES's Xavier Salazar was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Xu Yi Lei in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 68 minutes into the game, Xavier Salazar lined in a short shot 1-1 behind a frustrated Xu Yi Lei. Xu Yi Lei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lv Zhou in the 73rd minute of play. Xu Yi Lei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lv Zhou in the 80th minute of play. Loco Higuita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Albi Martínez in the 81st minute of the match. LOS BUITRES made a substitution. Narciso Socorro replaced Laurence Suggs. In the 84th minute of the match City Friseur Wuppertal got a corner. LOS BUITRES's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Waldemar Ryback ran over to the corner to take the kick. After 85 minutes of play, City Friseur Wuppertal's Albi Martínez made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Loco Higuita was left in no man's land by his defense there! Loco Higuita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Albi Martínez in the 88th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Albi Martínez in the 88th minute of play forced LOS BUITRES's goalkeeper Loco Higuita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 94th minute the ball was on its way in behind LOS BUITRES's goalkeeper Loco Higuita, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to LOS BUITRES getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Adriano Talone hit a great ball. For all the effort they put into the match, the LOS BUITRES players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for City Friseur Wuppertal.