Prized/Friendly Cup

Virginia Bolten
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Bogdan Bogdanović started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Club 23's goalkeeper Sören Malmberg had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Margus Paukson. Club 23's attentive Bogdan Bogdanović managed to snatch the ball when Elias Bidun made a throw-in in the 7th minute of the game. Matthias Vall was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 8th minute. Acratas Unidos's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Club 23's Sören Malmberg proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Club 23 from getting a goal against them. Marioara Chiricheş hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Sören Malmberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arnaldo Quin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Club 23's zone, Margus Paukson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sören Malmberg came out of the goal and Margus Paukson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Sören Malmberg was out of position in the 22 minute of play, and Matthias Vall capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Matthias Vall really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Matthias Vall kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. In the 30th minute of the match, Matthias Vall tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Sören Malmberg saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Club 23's Sören Malmberg proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Club 23 from getting a goal against them. Sören Malmberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Esteban Belo in the 39th minute of the match. Ferdinand Voicu hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. In the 45th minute of the match Acratas Unidos got a corner. Club 23's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Enrique Theobald ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Acratas Unidos's corner Margus Paukson fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Sören Malmberg quite easily take care of the ball. Sören Malmberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Margus Paukson in the 47th minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Matthias Vall to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the game, Aaron Ted was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Acratas Unidos's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Club 23 the free kick. After a rather tough play, Acratas Unidos's Aaron Ted got a free kick in the 53rd minute. Carlitos Parodi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cássio Dracena in the 54th minute of play. 54 minutes into the match, Acratas Unidos's goal looked a bit too open when Cássio Dracena came free, but Carlitos Parodi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 56 minutes into the game, Matthias Vall cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Sören Malmberg was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Sören Malmberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Margus Paukson in the 59th minute of play. Club 23's Golo Gana was substituted for Cássio Dracena. Carlitos Parodi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Golo Gana in the 68th minute of play. In the 72nd minute Esteban Belo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sören Malmberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Acratas Unidos's Carlitos Parodi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bogdan Bogdanović in the 78th minute of play. Acratas Unidos's Erasmo Gregory was substituted for Enrique Theobald. Dacian Săraru made a great header on Club 23's corner, it was just that Acratas Unidos's Carlitos Parodi managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 89th match minute, Club 23 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Golo Gana to maneuver through the defense. 94 minutes into the match, Acratas Unidos's Aaron Ted sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sören Malmberg narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Sören Malmberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erasmo Gregory in the 95th minute of the match. Acratas Unidos'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.