Official Cup

IL NONNO
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when David de Alcântara kicked off to start the match. Donato Cutberto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Liu Zhi Guang in the 6th minute of play. Tiburcio Jakue showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from David de Alcântara, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by Veth Crystals's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gavino Lobo was slow to take the kick. During this time 26 de junio's players had a chance to rest. In the 14th minute, David de Alcântara left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 26 de junio fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. The audience was convinced that David de Alcântara's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tiburcio Jakue was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. Donato Cutberto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gwidon Patora in the 24th minute of the match. David de Alcântara fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tiburcio Jakue having to interfere. In the 32nd match minute, 26 de junio was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aquilino Odilon to maneuver through the defense. Gwidon Patora took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 33rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Donato Cutberto. 26 de junio's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Donato Cutberto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Liu Zhi Guang, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. In the 41st minute Gwidon Patora shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Donato Cutberto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Veth Crystals's Gwidon Patora got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrea Casals in the 45th minute of play forced 26 de junio's goalkeeper Donato Cutberto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Veth Crystals's Nedas Jameikis got a free kick in the 46th minute. Tiburcio Jakue showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David de Alcântara in the 47th minute of the match. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Liu Zhi Guang to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, David de Alcântara notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Veth Crystals's Tiburcio Jakue. Tiburcio Jakue was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Andrea Casals took the ball and in the 55 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Donato Cutberto. Donato Cutberto dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. 61 minutes into the match, 26 de junio's goal looked a bit too open when Liu Zhi Guang came free, but Donato Cutberto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 26 de junio's Torsten Randslef got a good chance for a goal in the 65th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Tiburcio Jakue showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from David de Alcântara, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Donato Cutberto made an important save on a dangerous shot by Liu Zhi Guang in the 77th minute. In the 78th minute of the match, Zbigniew Wierzbicki tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Donato Cutberto saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 26 de junio's Donato Cutberto proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save 26 de junio from getting a goal against them. Tiburcio Jakue showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from David de Alcântara, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. With a little luck, 26 de junio's Donato Cutberto got control of the ball when Liu Zhi Guang tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 86th minute of the match Veth Crystals got a corner. 26 de junio's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Gwidon Patora ran over to the corner to take the kick. Veth Crystals's Zbigniew Wierzbicki was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Donato Cutberto in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The long shot by Gwidon Patora in the 89th minute really tested Donato Cutberto's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. When Gavino Lobo came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the 26 de junio fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Gavino Lobo couldn't finish the play. For all the effort they put into the match, the Veth Crystals players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for 26 de junio.