Official Cup

Winchester
Spectators: 554 (Terracing: 417, Seating: 127, VIP seats: 10) TiGrEs Fx's Gilberto Rancaño started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 4 minutes into the game, Gilberto Rancaño cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. José Sá was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Gilberto Rancaño had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's José Sá proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save tHe SOnS of rAGnar from getting a goal against them. Franc Merlot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Walter Giardino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Leandro Desabato kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Franc Merlot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexis Alexandris, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. After 13 minutes TiGrEs Fx's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Grigoris Kornaros who took care of the corner kick. Grigoris Kornaros made a great header on tHe SOnS of rAGnar's corner, it was just that TiGrEs Fx's Franc Merlot managed to reach the ball for a save. Franc Merlot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Walter Giardino in the 17th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in tHe SOnS of rAGnar's zone, Gilberto Rancaño stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. José Sá came out of the goal and Gilberto Rancaño tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Gilberto Rancaño might have been able to make a better finish in the 20th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over José Sá. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gilberto Rancaño ran back to his position shaking his head. If Joaquim Matute had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Franc Merlot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Walter Giardino in the 25th minute of the match. Gabino Muguia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. José Sá tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 34th match minute, TiGrEs Fx was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maju Vellon to maneuver through the defense. In the 37th minute Walter Giardino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franc Merlot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Franc Merlot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Laurence Snow in the 41st minute of play. Franc Merlot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Walter Giardino in the 45th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Walter Giardino made a kick off. In the 53rd minute Walter Giardino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franc Merlot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Franc Merlot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Walter Giardino in the 54th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gilberto Rancaño in the 56th minute of play forced tHe SOnS of rAGnar's goalkeeper José Sá to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 60th minute Walter Giardino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franc Merlot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Franc Merlot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Walter Giardino in the 60th minute of the match. Franc Merlot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ulysses Matorin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. TiGrEs Fx's Gerardo Trimiño was substituted for Maju Vellon. 66 minutes into the game, Leandro Desabato threw the ball into play from the sideline. TiGrEs Fx's Hugo Quintana quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 70th minute, Ulysses Matorin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. tHe SOnS of rAGnar made a substitution. Eskil Möllgren replaced Leandro Desabato. Ulysses Matorin kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. Gerardo Trimiño took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 72nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for José Sá. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Walter Giardino in the 73rd minute of play forced TiGrEs Fx's goalkeeper Franc Merlot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Franc Merlot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eskil Möllgren, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 80th minute Walter Giardino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franc Merlot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Franc Merlot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eskil Möllgren in the 84th minute of the match. In the 85th minute tHe SOnS of rAGnar were awarded a corner. Laurence Snow went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Antonis Kardaris getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Franc Merlot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eskil Möllgren, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. 92 minutes into the match, Gilberto Rancaño had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of José Sá. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gilberto Rancaño was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. In the 94th minute Walter Giardino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franc Merlot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

TiGrEs Fx's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.