Prized/Friendly Cup

Topo Gigio
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Delmiro Brun started the match with the kick off. If Lyle Macias had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 2nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Racing Miami Futbol Club's Blair Lusk in the 4th minute got a chance for a shot 4th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ᑎᗝᖇ丅ᕼᗴᖇᑎ ᒪᎥǤᕼ丅ᔕ's goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Delmiro Brun's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Franco Di Giambattista was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lyle Macias in the 11th minute of play forced ᑎᗝᖇ丅ᕼᗴᖇᑎ ᒪᎥǤᕼ丅ᔕ's goalkeeper Roberto Abbondanzieri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roberto Abbondanzieri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Blair Lusk in the 14th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Delmiro Brun got free with Franco Di Giambattista in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 19th minute Blair Lusk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roberto Abbondanzieri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Glen Hoff during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Roberto Abbondanzieri came out of the goal in the 24th minute to try and stop a shot by Racing Miami Futbol Club's Lyle Macias. But to his dismay, Lyle Macias quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 28th minute Elias Isaac shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roberto Abbondanzieri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ᑎᗝᖇ丅ᕼᗴᖇᑎ ᒪᎥǤᕼ丅ᔕ's Carmelo Gaxan got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 31st match minute, ᑎᗝᖇ丅ᕼᗴᖇᑎ ᒪᎥǤᕼ丅ᔕ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gualterio Matthew to maneuver through the defense. Roberto Abbondanzieri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lyle Macias, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lyle Macias took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Roberto Abbondanzieri. Roberto Abbondanzieri dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. The ᑎᗝᖇ丅ᕼᗴᖇᑎ ᒪᎥǤᕼ丅ᔕ players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Racing Miami Futbol Club were winning 0-3.

Racing Miami Futbol Club made a substitution. Denny Godwin replaced Willie Vogt. Racing Miami Futbol Club made a substitution. Genaro Cassidy replaced Lyle Macias. Racing Miami Futbol Club's Jackson Shipley was substituted for Blair Lusk. After 53 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for ᑎᗝᖇ丅ᕼᗴᖇᑎ ᒪᎥǤᕼ丅ᔕ! When the match had been going on for 54 minutes, Racing Miami Futbol Club's Mario Farris got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Roberto Abbondanzieri. Oscar Guerrero kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Genaro Cassidys short, quick shot in the 65thth minute got Roberto Abbondanzieri to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Franco Di Giambattista made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Delmiro Brun in the 67th minute of play. Damian Eleazar kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. ᑎᗝᖇ丅ᕼᗴᖇᑎ ᒪᎥǤᕼ丅ᔕ's Roberto Abbondanzieri proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save ᑎᗝᖇ丅ᕼᗴᖇᑎ ᒪᎥǤᕼ丅ᔕ from getting a goal against them. After 73 minutes, Adan Unax mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ᑎᗝᖇ丅ᕼᗴᖇᑎ ᒪᎥǤᕼ丅ᔕ and the Racing Miami Futbol Club players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to ᑎᗝᖇ丅ᕼᗴᖇᑎ ᒪᎥǤᕼ丅ᔕ getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Adan Unax hit a great ball. Franco Di Giambattista took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alejandro Cisco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Racing Miami Futbol Club's Franco Di Giambattista played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Delmiro Brun in the 80th minute of play. ᑎᗝᖇ丅ᕼᗴᖇᑎ ᒪᎥǤᕼ丅ᔕ's Roberto Abbondanzieri proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save ᑎᗝᖇ丅ᕼᗴᖇᑎ ᒪᎥǤᕼ丅ᔕ from getting a goal against them. 82 minutes into the match, Genaro Cassidy had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Roberto Abbondanzieri. ᑎᗝᖇ丅ᕼᗴᖇᑎ ᒪᎥǤᕼ丅ᔕ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Genaro Cassidy was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. Genaro Cassidy could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 88th minute of the match, but Roberto Abbondanzieri made a huge save. Jackson Shipley received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Roberto Abbondanzieri came out and tried to block the shot, but Jackson Shipley slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 92nd minute. Roberto Abbondanzieri made a fantastic save in the 95th minute, when Elias Isaac sent off a good shot on target. Racing Miami Futbol Club were awarded a corner in the 96th minute after ᑎᗝᖇ丅ᕼᗴᖇᑎ ᒪᎥǤᕼ丅ᔕ's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Glen Hoff took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Glen Hoff got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Roberto Abbondanzieri quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save.