Prized/Friendly Cup

El Santuario
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, 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. Ionică Lucescu started the match with the kick off. King Kobra kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. In the 6thth minute of the game Piara Santo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Kobra TEAM's King Junior was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 10th minute Amauri Lopes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Burni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 14 minutes, Piara Santo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Waitakere F.C. and the Kobra TEAM players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Waitakere F.C. getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Piara Santo hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Piara Santo kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving King Junior. That made the score 1-0 in the 16 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Liviu Cristocea in the 22nd minute of play forced Waitakere F.C.'s goalkeeper Marcos Burni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Waitakere F.C.'s Marcos Burni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amauri Lopes in the 25th minute of play. 30 minutes into the game, King Kobra threw the ball into play from the sideline. Waitakere F.C.'s Rafael Transito quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 31st minute of the game Aristides Paiva made a throw-in which Cazimir Corbeanu played forward. With 40 minutes on the clock, Ionel Aelenei commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. When the match had been going on for 41 minutes, Waitakere F.C.'s Piara Santo 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 King Junior. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Piara Santo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Krisztián Petres hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 60th minute Amauri Lopes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Burni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aristides Paiva received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Marcos Burni tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With an all-out effort, Kobra TEAM's Marcos Burni threw himself towards the right post 68 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Amauri Lopes, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 69th minute Aristides Paiva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Burni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amauri Lopes in the 70th minute of play forced Waitakere F.C.'s goalkeeper Marcos Burni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabriel Batistuta in the 71st minute of play forced Kobra TEAM's goalkeeper King Junior to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aristides Paiva got free with Marcos Burni in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Kobra TEAM's King Junior played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eduardo Vasco in the 76th minute of play. King Junior showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ignacio Ereinotz, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Cazimir Corbeanu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 81st minute of the match, but Marcos Burni made a huge save. After 86 played minutes Kobra TEAM got a freekick which was hit by Liviu Cristocea. Marcos Burni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amauri Lopes in the 90th minute of the match. King Junior showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gabriel Batistuta in the 92nd minute of the match. Cazimir Corbeanu's late challenge caught a Waitakere F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cazimir Corbeanu helped the player get up and apologised. After 93 played minutes Kobra TEAM got a freekick which was hit by Cazimir Corbeanu. 95 minutes into the match, Kobra TEAM's goal looked a bit too open when Nacho Scocco came free, but King Junior reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Waitakere F.C. were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Kobra TEAM for a fine match.