Official Cup

mossad arena
Spectators: 157 (Terracing: 118, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ciro Elija started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, Ciro Elija made a precise shot to the right of Vitko Shalamanov. The Institute's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Vitko Shalamanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Velloso in the 7th minute of the match. Chelsicha were awarded a corner in the 8th minute after The Institute's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Victor Velloso took the corner. Ciro Elija took the ball and in the 9 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vitko Shalamanov. Vitko Shalamanov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. After 12 played minutes The Institute got a freekick which was hit by Boncho Gelov. In the 16th minute the ball was on its way in behind The Institute's goalkeeper Vitko Shalamanov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Ciro Elija's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vitko Shalamanov was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. Ciro Elija might have been able to make a better finish in the 26th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vitko Shalamanov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ciro Elija ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 27th minute, Nedyalko Dobrilov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 29th minute, Ciro Elija made a precise shot to the right of Vitko Shalamanov. The Institute's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. Vitko Shalamanov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ciro Elija in the 35th minute of play. Chelsicha's Caetano da Silveira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stoimen Glavchev in the 36th minute of play. 38 minutes into the game, Ciro Elija cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-6. Vitko Shalamanov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After the first half Chelsicha were leading 0-6. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Stoimen Glavchev to make the kick off. With an all-out effort, Chelsicha's Vitko Shalamanov threw himself towards the right post 54 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ciro Elija, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Vitko Shalamanov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ciro Elija's shot from short distance in the 61st minute. 62 minutes into the match, Ciro Elija notched a goal, 0-8, to the right of The Institute's Vitko Shalamanov. Vitko Shalamanov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 66th minute, Chelsicha's João Paulo de Carvalho dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-9. Ciro Elija scored 0-10 in the 69th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vitko Shalamanov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Vitko Shalamanov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ciro Elija went, in the 73rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-11 was the resulting score. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ciro Elija in the 77th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vitko Shalamanov saved The Institute from getting behind. After 81 played minutes The Institute got a freekick which was hit by Boncho Gelov. When the match had gone on for 84 minutes, Ciro Elija took a quick shot and it went in 0-13 without a chance for Vitko Shalamanov to make any attempt to save it. 88 minutes into the match, Ciro Elija had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vitko Shalamanov. The Institute's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ciro Elija was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-14. 91 minutes into the game, Ciro Elija recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Vitko Shalamanov. Ciro Elija showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-15. In the 95th minute Aloísio Schmidt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vitko Shalamanov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the final whistle sounded Chelsicha left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than The Institute.