Prized/Friendly Cup

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Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Eugenio Manfredi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amauri Lopes in the 6th minute of play. Kobra TEAM's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cazimir Corbeanu in the 7th minute. Eugenio Manfredi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amauri Lopes in the 13th minute of play. 14 minutes had been played when some careless play by Lunatics of Arianrhod's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cazimir Corbeanu was slow to take the kick. During this time Kobra TEAM's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Lunatics of Arianrhod's goalie and right to Aristides Paiva. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Lunatics of Arianrhod's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. King Junior showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Hibai in the 16th minute of the match. In the 20th minute, George Mineață hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. King Junior took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fedele Panza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. King Junior showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Henry Hamberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. 24 minutes into the match, Kobra TEAM's goal looked a bit too open when Henry Hamberg came free, but King Junior reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Kobra TEAM's Ionică Lucescu in the 26th minute got a chance for a shot 26th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Lunatics of Arianrhod's goalie prevented a goal. Johan Ström hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Henry Hamberg got free with King Junior in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match clock showed 31 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Ionică Lucescu sped through Lunatics of Arianrhod's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Eugenio Manfredi. King Junior showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Hibai, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Dário Pereira during the 41st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Dário Pereira hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. After having played for 42 minutes, Cazimir Corbeanu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Kobra TEAM's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cazimir Corbeanu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amauri Lopes in the 46th minute of play forced Lunatics of Arianrhod's goalkeeper Eugenio Manfredi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eugenio Manfredi came out of the goal in the 48th minute to try and stop a shot by Kobra TEAM's Ionică Lucescu. But to his dismay, Ionică Lucescu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

In the 56th minute Kobra TEAM were awarded a corner. Cazimir Corbeanu went to the cornerflag to take it. Cazimir Corbeanu made a great header on Kobra TEAM's corner, it was just that Lunatics of Arianrhod's Eugenio Manfredi managed to reach the ball for a save. The supporters of Lunatics of Arianrhod booed when Kobra TEAM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amauri Lopes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lunatics of Arianrhod made a substitution. Aurelio Epifani replaced Flavio Morelli. In the 60th match minute, Kobra TEAM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amauri Lopes to maneuver through the defense. 61 minutes into the match, Lunatics of Arianrhod's Fedele Panza sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that King Junior narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 63 minutes into the match, Lunatics of Arianrhod's goal looked a bit too open when Aristides Paiva came free, but Eugenio Manfredi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 66th match minute, Lunatics of Arianrhod was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dário Pereira to maneuver through the defense. In the 67th minute Cazimir Corbeanu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eugenio Manfredi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ionică Lucescu in the 69th minute of play forced Lunatics of Arianrhod's goalkeeper Eugenio Manfredi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kobra TEAM were awarded a corner in the 70th minute after Lunatics of Arianrhod's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cazimir Corbeanu took the corner. Cazimir Corbeanu made a great header on Kobra TEAM's corner, it was just that Lunatics of Arianrhod's Eugenio Manfredi managed to reach the ball for a save. The crowd rose to their feet as Kobra TEAM's Aristides Paiva slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Eugenio Manfredi. That made the score 0-3 after 74 minutes of play. Amauri Lopes in the 77thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Eugenio Manfredi, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. With a little luck, Lunatics of Arianrhod's Eugenio Manfredi got control of the ball when Amauri Lopes tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ionică Lucescu did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-4 to the left of a surprised Eugenio Manfredi 84 minutes into the match. Eugenio Manfredi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ionică Lucescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. King Junior didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fedele Panza went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. Eugenio Manfredi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Danny King, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 92nd match minute, Lunatics of Arianrhod was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fedele Panza to maneuver through the defense. Lunatics of Arianrhod's Eugenio Manfredi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Danny King in the 95th minute of play. When Cazimir Corbeanu came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the Kobra TEAM 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 Cazimir Corbeanu couldn't finish the play. The Kobra TEAM players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.