Official Cup

Johan Cruyff
Spectators: 169 (Terracing: 127, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) Vladimiro Figueira started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Daniel Sbârcea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bubu Denat in the 3rd minute of the match. After 3 minutes of play, F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Bubu Denat made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Daniel Sbârcea was left in no man's land by his defense there! 5 minutes into the match, F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's goal looked a bit too open when Vladimiro Figueira came free, but Alejandro Verdu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Bubu Denat's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Daniel Sbârcea was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. Alejandro Verdu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vladimiro Figueira in the 12th minute of the match. If Federico Zanetti had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nicolás Grau made in the 17th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Lluis Rivas. Antoni Villarroel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Daniel Sbârcea tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 24 minutes into the game, Lluis Rivas threw the ball into play from the sideline. Orihuela Club de Fútbol's Nicolás Grau quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Vladimiro Figueira in the 25th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Alejandro Verdu prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ludovít Reis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bubu Denat in the 31st minute of play forced Orihuela Club de Fútbol's goalkeeper Daniel Sbârcea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Daniel Sbârcea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ludovít Reis in the 32nd minute of play. After 34 minutes Orihuela Club de Fútbol's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gonzalo Boye who took care of the corner kick. Gonzalo Boye made a great header on F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's corner, it was just that Orihuela Club de Fútbol's Daniel Sbârcea managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 36th minute the ball was on its way in behind F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's goalkeeper Alejandro Verdu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Bubu Denat got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Lluis Rivas made in the 43rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Orihuela Club de Fútbol's Nicolás Grau. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bubu Denat made a kick off. The supporters of F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA booed when Orihuela Club de Fútbol was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vladimiro Figueira didn't get a good kick on the ball. Orihuela Club de Fútbol made a substitution. Dominic Toretto replaced Álvaro Sampil. A collision led to Orihuela Club de Fútbol getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Vladimiro Figueira hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bubu Denat in the 62nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Daniel Sbârcea prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Daniel Sbârcea came out of the goal in the 68th minute to try and stop a shot by F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Bubu Denat. But to his dismay, Bubu Denat quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Daniel Sbârcea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bubu Denat in the 73rd minute of play. Daniel Sbârcea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bubu Denat, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. In the 91st minute, Bubu Denat left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA fans cheered their team off the field, for while Orihuela Club de Fútbol had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.