Official Cup

Estadio Doña Beija
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Carl Downes got the match started through his kick off. Tim Johnstone made a fantastic save in the 2nd minute, when Indiana Jones sent off a good shot on target. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Luís Fábio Rocha in the 4th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tim Johnstone saved The Tigers from getting behind. In the 8th minute, Los Hijos de Doña Beija's Luís Fábio Rocha dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. When the match had been going on for 13 minutes, Los Hijos de Doña Beija's Indiana Jones got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Tim Johnstone. Higinio Aguilera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carl Downes, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Los Hijos de Doña Beija's attentive Aaron Cresitobalo managed to snatch the ball when Rio Blewitt made a throw-in in the 22nd minute of the game. Luís Fábio Rocha's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 23rdth minute, Tim Johnstone skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 24 minutes had been played when some careless play by The Tigers's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Demy Ottens was slow to take the kick. During this time Los Hijos de Doña Beija's players had a chance to rest. After a rather tough play, Los Hijos de Doña Beija's Feliciano Haritzeder got a free kick in the 26th minute. With a little luck, The Tigers's Tim Johnstone got control of the ball when Luís Fábio Rocha tried to sneak it across the goal line. 32 minutes into the match, Los Hijos de Doña Beija's goal looked a bit too open when Carl Downes came free, but Higinio Aguilera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 33 minutes into the game, Los Hijos de Doña Beija's Luís Fábio Rocha nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tim Johnstone made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. 35 minutes into the match, The Tigers's goal looked a bit too open when Luís Fábio Rocha came free, but Tim Johnstone reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tim Johnstone was a little too slow when Luís Fábio Rocha got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 41st minute. The score was now 4-0. With a little luck, The Tigers's Tim Johnstone got control of the ball when Luís Fábio Rocha tried to sneak it across the goal line. Tim Johnstone showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Indiana Jones, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Luís Fábio Rocha was the one to do the kick off. The Los Hijos de Doña Beija fans' excitement grew in the 53rd match minute when Los Hijos de Doña Beija's Luís Fábio Rocha looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 5-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Frankie Brookes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Higinio Aguilera having to interfere. Los Hijos de Doña Beija made a substitution. Albino Brion replaced Luís Fábio Rocha. Tim Johnstone made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jyrki Sillanpää in the 61st minute of play. In the 62nd minute, Jyrki Sillanpää left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Los Hijos de Doña Beija fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0. 68 minutes into the match, Los Hijos de Doña Beija's Albino Brion sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tim Johnstone narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 73rd minute of the match Los Hijos de Doña Beija got a corner. The Tigers's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Demy Ottens ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Demy Ottens almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but The Tigers's Tim Johnstone did a great save. Tim Johnstone stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Albino Brion's shot from short distance in the 78th minute. Tim Johnstone showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Albino Brion in the 79th minute of the match. Tim Johnstone took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Albino Brion, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Feliciano Haritzeder hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Higinio Aguilera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Owen Noble in the 83rd minute of play. Tim Johnstone showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jyrki Sillanpää in the 88th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jyrki Sillanpää in the 88th minute of play forced The Tigers's goalkeeper Tim Johnstone to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 91 minutes into the game, Jyrki Sillanpää cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-0. Tim Johnstone was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, Los Hijos de Doña Beija's Feliciano Haritzeder got a free kick in the 94th minute. Los Hijos de Doña Beija were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of The Tigers for a fine match.