Official Cup

Feliciano Gambarte
Spectators: 205 (Terracing: 154, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Scott Le Saux took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute Scott Bradbury shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bernardo Pelayo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 4 minutes into the game, Scott Bradbury cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Bernardo Pelayo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 7th minute El Expreso were awarded a corner. Zhu Quan went to the cornerflag to take it. With an all-out effort, El Expreso's Bernardo Pelayo threw himself towards the right post 10 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Scott Bradbury, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Bernardo Pelayo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jose-Antonio Urioste in the 13th minute. In the 17th minute, Zhu Quan made a precise shot to the right of Bernardo Pelayo. Undertakers's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Bernardo Pelayo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zhu Quan in the 20th minute of the match. Elia Di Ianni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vit Boll, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 24th minute of the match Undertakers got a corner. El Expreso's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ildefonso Lima ran over to the corner to take the kick. Elia Di Ianni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rômulo Soeiro in the 30th minute of the match. In the 31st minute Edu de Sousa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bernardo Pelayo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bernardo Pelayo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edu de Sousa, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Elia Di Ianni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Scott Le Saux, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bernardo Pelayo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Scott Bradbury, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. El Expreso's Elia Di Ianni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vit Boll in the 43rd minute of play. Mikhail Horoshevskiy kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Edu de Sousa was the one to do the kick off. After 51 played minutes El Expreso got a freekick which was hit by İlkan Gilşah. In the 56th minute, Tacettin Öksüzoğlu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Undertakers booed when El Expreso was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. İlkan Gilşah didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Ildefonso Lima came up free with the goalie in the 58th minute, the Undertakers 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 Ildefonso Lima couldn't finish the play. Bernardo Pelayo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jose-Antonio Urioste in the 60th minute of play. El Expreso's Elia Di Ianni proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save El Expreso from getting a goal against them. Elia Di Ianni was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Scott Le Saux showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-2 in the 64 minute of play. When the match had gone on for 67 minutes, Edu de Sousa put it in 3-2 from a short distance just to the right of Bernardo Pelayo. Scott Le Saux succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-3 in the 71st playminute. Bernardo Pelayo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edu de Sousa in the 75th minute of play. 76 minutes into the match, El Expreso's goalkeeper Elia Di Ianni had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Scott Le Saux. Bernardo Pelayo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edu de Sousa, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Scott Le Saux's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 82ndth minute, Elia Di Ianni skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Scott Le Saux kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Elia Di Ianni. That made the score 3-4 in the 83 minute of play. Bernardo Pelayo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edu de Sousa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Undertakers's Bernardo Pelayo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edu de Sousa in the 90th minute of play. Undertakers's Marcial Claris was substituted for Paul Reeve. Undertakers made a substitution. Guillem Agulló replaced Scott Le Saux. Undertakers's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.