Prized/Friendly Cup

San Mauro A Mare
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Levent Hicran got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute, Levent Hicran ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ricardo Ekain was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. 7 minutes into the game, Levent Hicran cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Ricardo Ekain was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 10th minute, San Mauro A Mare FC's Levent Hicran dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-0. Ricardo Ekain made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Levent Hicran in the 15th minute of play. The supporters of San Mauro A Mare FC booed when Rosario FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Justo Jokin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ricardo Ekain showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Levent Hicran in the 18th minute of the match. Levent Hicran received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Ricardo Ekain tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Rosario FC defense, Levent Hicran kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ricardo Ekain. The Rosario FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ricardo Ekain should have stopped the shot. In the 29th minute, Levent Hicran got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After a rather tough play, Rosario FC's Mariano Vergaray got a free kick in the 31st minute. Ricardo Ekain didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Levent Hicran went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. Levent Hicran blasted a shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ricardo Ekain having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Levent Hicran in the 35th minute of play forced Rosario FC's goalkeeper Ricardo Ekain to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 42nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Rosario FC's goalkeeper Ricardo Ekain, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 43rd minute of the match San Mauro A Mare FC got a corner. Rosario FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Fan Liang Chong ran over to the corner to take the kick. After a rather tough play, San Mauro A Mare FC's Marcus Hastings got a free kick in the 43rd minute. Levent Hicran scored 7-0 in the 46th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ricardo Ekain, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Af the end of the first half the score was 7-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Godfredo Sanson to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Levent Hicran left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The San Mauro A Mare FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 8-0. Ricardo Ekain took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Levent Hicran, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Justo Jokin hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. San Mauro A Mare FC's Vasco Bento was substituted for Trey Cai. San Mauro A Mare FC's Dinu Dobre was substituted for Francesco Cremonese. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Levent Hicran in the 62nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ricardo Ekain saved Rosario FC from getting behind. Ricardo Ekain came out of the goal in the 64th minute to try and stop a shot by San Mauro A Mare FC's Levent Hicran. But to his dismay, Levent Hicran quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 9-0. Ricardo Ekain stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Levent Hicran's shot from short distance in the 67th minute. Mariano Vergaray hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. San Mauro A Mare FC made a substitution. Alex Orsi replaced Levent Hicran. A collision led to Rosario FC getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Mariano Vergaray hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alex Orsi in the 74th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ricardo Ekain prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ricardo Ekain showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vasco Bento in the 75th minute of the match. In the 78th minute the ball was on its way in behind Rosario FC's goalkeeper Ricardo Ekain, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 79 minutes into the game, Alex Orsi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 11-0. Ricardo Ekain was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 84th minute, Alex Orsi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The San Mauro A Mare FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 12-0. After having played for 87 minutes, Alex Orsi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. San Mauro A Mare FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alex Orsi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 89 minutes of play, San Mauro A Mare FC's Alex Orsi made it 13-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ricardo Ekain was left in no man's land by his defense there! 92 minutes into the game, Alex Orsi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 14-0. Ricardo Ekain was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Augusto Graziani in the 96th minute of play forced Rosario FC's goalkeeper Ricardo Ekain to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. San Mauro A Mare FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.