Prized/Friendly Cup

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Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, 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. Santiago Abreu started the match with the kick off. Santiago Abreu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Santiago Abreu's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Allard Borgman read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 10th minute of play. In the 11th minute of the match Celestiales got a corner. F.C Petru B.U.C's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Albano Millan ran over to the corner to take the kick. Saverio Brion sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 18 minutes into the match, Santiago Abreu notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of F.C Petru B.U.C's Allard Borgman. Allard Borgman was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Bennvar Noobel had great luck who in the 23rdth minute grab hold of the ball when Francisc Buteanu from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. After 25 minutes Celestiales's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Alexandru Perișoară who took care of the corner kick. F.C Petru B.U.C's Alexandru Perișoară was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Bennvar Noobel in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 27th minute, Valer Baltian hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Santiago Abreu in the 30th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Allard Borgman saved F.C Petru B.U.C from getting behind. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Santiago Abreu in the 32nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Allard Borgman prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Bennvar Noobel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pankracy Adamowicz in the 34th minute of the match. After 34 minutes of play, F.C Petru B.U.C's Pankracy Adamowicz made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bennvar Noobel was left in no man's land by his defense there! The throw-in from Alexandru Perișoară in the 37th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Celestiales's Rigoberto Botello. Allard Borgman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santiago Abreu in the 38th minute of the match. Bennvar Noobel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pankracy Adamowicz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 43rd minute of the match Dionisio Sustrai shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Allard Borgman showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Bennvar Noobel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mugurel Stanciu in the 45th minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Francisc Buteanu to strike the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the game, Alexandru Perișoară was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. F.C Petru B.U.C's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Celestiales the free kick. A collision led to F.C Petru B.U.C getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Alexandru Perișoară hit a great ball. If Santiago Abreu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Celestiales getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Rigoberto Botello hit a great ball. Allard Borgman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isaias Laurin in the 57th minute of play. Celestiales's Lautaro Acosta was substituted for Magnus Ahlén. Celestiales's Eustaquio Eudoxio was substituted for Santiago Abreu. Cristi Sabău made in the 63rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Emy Marioara. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emy Marioara in the 64th minute of play forced Celestiales's goalkeeper Bennvar Noobel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 65 minutes into the match, Eustaquio Eudoxio dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Allard Borgman, 1-3. Isaias Laurin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Allard Borgman having to interfere. Bennvar Noobel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Francisc Buteanu in the 71st minute of the match. Bennvar Noobel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cazimir Stroe, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. When the match had gone on for 73 minutes, Cazimir Stroe put it in 2-3 from a short distance just to the right of Bennvar Noobel. With a little luck, F.C Petru B.U.C's Allard Borgman got control of the ball when Eustaquio Eudoxio tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Celestiales's Eustaquio Eudoxio in the 78th minute got a chance for a shot 78th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye F.C Petru B.U.C's goalie prevented a goal. After having played for 80 minutes, Eustaquio Eudoxio managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Celestiales's supporters crossed their fingers, but Eustaquio Eudoxio was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Eustaquio Eudoxio received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Allard Borgman came out and tried to block the shot, but Eustaquio Eudoxio slotted it home off the left post making it 2-4 in the 82nd minute. Francisc Buteanu struck a weak shot in the 85th minute. Bennvar Noobel didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for F.C Petru B.U.C. Allard Borgman was a little too slow when Eustaquio Eudoxio got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 94th minute. The score was now 2-5. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Celestiales eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.