Official Cup

La Villa
Spectators: 562 (Terracing: 423, Seating: 129, VIP seats: 10) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Carmelo Vachon made the kick off which started today's match. 13 minutes into the match, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s goal looked a bit too open when Natalio Bieito came free, but Kang Ying Hai reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Fredrik Moberg in the 17th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Kang Ying Hai prevented the ball from getting in the gole. La Maquina 9-12-18's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Bastien Domenge in the 18th minute. In the 20th minute the ball was on its way in behind La Maquina 9-12-18's goalkeeper Jose Vimaro, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Kang Ying Hai showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Natalio Bieito in the 21st minute of the match. With his leg Jose Vimaro managed to avoid a goal in the 25thth minute, when ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Mikolaj Giertych fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Kang Ying Hai made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fredrik Moberg in the 28th minute of play. Kang Ying Hai came out of the goal in the 29th minute to try and stop a shot by La Maquina 9-12-18's Fredrik Moberg. But to his dismay, Fredrik Moberg quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 33rd minute Carmelo Vachon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kang Ying Hai saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Carmelo Vachon in the 33rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kang Ying Hai saved ..Villa Rugby Club.. from getting behind. In the 37th minute, Mikolaj Giertych reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jose Vimaro. The goal made the score 1-1. Cavad Lider was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 43rd minute. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. In the 44th minute, Shpëtim Kume hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jose Vimaro stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mikolaj Giertych's shot from short distance in the 46th minute. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Kang Ying Hai played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fredrik Moberg in the 47th minute of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mikolaj Giertych was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute, Mikolaj Giertych left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ..Villa Rugby Club.. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Natalio Bieito's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Kang Ying Hai firmly grabbed it by the left post. 58 minutes into the match, La Maquina 9-12-18's goal looked a bit too open when Mikolaj Giertych came free, but Jose Vimaro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Mikolaj Giertych had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Olaf Cebula was substituted for Mikolaj Giertych. ..Villa Rugby Club.. made a substitution. Daavid Uitto replaced Cavad Lider. Kang Ying Hai took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fredrik Moberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Flavio Perez in the 65th minute of play forced La Maquina 9-12-18's goalkeeper Jose Vimaro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Flavio Perez scored 3-1 in the 65th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jose Vimaro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, La Maquina 9-12-18's Carmelo Vachon got a free kick in the 71st minute. In the 74th minute, Denver Phoenix hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to ..Villa Rugby Club.. getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Agustin Gartzen hit a great ball. Bastien Domenge succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-2 in the 75th playminute. Jose Vimaro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olaf Cebula in the 80th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 86 minutes, Kang Ying Hai successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bastien Domenge in the 89th minute of play forced ..Villa Rugby Club..'s goalkeeper Kang Ying Hai to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Olaf Cebula in the 91st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jose Vimaro prevented the ball from getting in the gole.

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