Prized/Friendly Cup

JOSE ANGEL PEREZ
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Vytaras Alesius lost his temper 5 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 8th minute Cugat Marines shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alius Amontas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alius Amontas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cugat Marines, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alius Amontas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruperto Mendez in the 18th minute of the match. Ruperto Mendez took the ball and in the 18 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alius Amontas. Alius Amontas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. After some careless play in the ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO defense, Laimutis Baleika kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Xabel Beloki. The ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Xabel Beloki should have stopped the shot. Xabel Beloki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Laimutis Baleika, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Alius Amontas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cugat Marines's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. Anter Titos hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. Harsh Gods's Alius Amontas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ruperto Mendez in the 36th minute of play. 37 minutes into the match, Ruperto Mendez notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Harsh Gods's Alius Amontas. Alius Amontas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Alius Amontas came out of the goal in the 41st minute to try and stop a shot by ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO's Cugat Marines. But to his dismay, Cugat Marines quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. Cugat Marines did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 4-2 to the left of a surprised Alius Amontas 47 minutes into 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.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cugat Marines was the one to do the kick off. Adas Abakevičius hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Harsh Gods's Jonas-Marius Petras got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Ruperto Mendez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Alius Amontas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Harsh Gods's Alius Amontas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ruperto Mendez in the 59th minute of play. In the 61st minute, Joey Rosario hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 62 played minutes ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO got a freekick which was hit by Joey Rosario. Xabel Beloki was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Bronius Bišlys. Alius Amontas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cugat Marines, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. When ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO's Baltazar Fonticoba in the 67th minute got a chance for a shot 67th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Harsh Gods's goalie prevented a goal. In the 68th minute ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO were awarded a corner. Cugat Marines went to the cornerflag to take it. A very nice done corner allowed Cugat Marines to score against Alius Amontas in Harsh Gods's goal. 5-2 after 69 minutes. A collision led to Harsh Gods getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Jonas-Marius Petras hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Harsh Gods's zone, Cugat Marines stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alius Amontas came out of the goal and Cugat Marines tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Harsh Gods's Domas Ručinskas got a free kick in the 86th minute. Alius Amontas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ruperto Mendez went, in the 87th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-2 was the resulting score. Alius Amontas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Baltazar Fonticoba in the 93rd minute of play. ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO'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.