Prized/Friendly Cup

Battle of death
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Manoel Neuer made an important save on a dangerous shot by Milosz Gabis in the 4th minute. In the 12thth minute of the game Xu Li Sang who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Juan Benavides was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Juan Benavides took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xu Li Sang, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 15th minute, Xu Li Sang ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Juan Benavides was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. A collision led to ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Chiquinho Quirino hit a great ball. In the 23rd minute of the match Jovens Democratas MZC got a corner. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Dobromir Zagrodny ran over to the corner to take the kick. The audience was convinced that Xu Li Sang's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Juan Benavides was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. In the 28th minute of the match Dobromir Zagrodny sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Juan Benavides skillfully saved the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Milosz Gabis in the 29th minute of play forced Jovens Democratas MZC's goalkeeper Manoel Neuer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Manoel Neuer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Humberto Escobar, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. 31 minutes into the match, Jovens Democratas MZC's goalkeeper Manoel Neuer had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zheko Kraychev. A collision led to ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Zheko Kraychev hit a great ball. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Juan Benavides played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dobromir Zagrodny in the 33rd minute of play. Manoel Neuer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Humberto Escobar, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. The audience was convinced that Xu Li Sang's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Juan Benavides was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. Dobromir Zagrodny sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 39 minutes, Humberto Escobar took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Manoel Neuer to make any attempt to save it. Juan Benavides took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xu Li Sang, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Juan Benavides played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dobromir Zagrodny in the 44th minute of play. Manoel Neuer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Humberto Escobar, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Xu Li Sang stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Manoel Neuer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martín Ulloa in the 52nd minute of play. 54 minutes into the match, Jovens Democratas MZC's Durval de Queirós sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Juan Benavides narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The supporters of ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ booed when Jovens Democratas MZC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Laerte Bittencourt didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dobromir Zagrodny received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Juan Benavides tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Juan Benavides made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Xu Li Sang sent off a good shot on target. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Giancarlo Mora was substituted for Dari Mana. Jovens Democratas MZC made a substitution. Jozef Ilve replaced Mexhit Koçi. In the 69th minute Jovens Democratas MZC were awarded a corner. Dobromir Zagrodny went to the cornerflag to take it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xu Li Sang in the 73rd minute of play forced ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalkeeper Juan Benavides to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 75 minutes, Xu Li Sang took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Juan Benavides to make any attempt to save it. Jovens Democratas MZC's Giuseppe Negri was substituted for Durval de Queirós. Juan Benavides made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Marco van Basten sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dobromir Zagrodny in the 87th minute of play forced ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalkeeper Juan Benavides to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco van Basten was extremely unlucky when he, in the 89th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. After a defensive mix-up in ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s zone, Marco van Basten stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Juan Benavides came out of the goal and Marco van Basten tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Marco van Basten could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Juan Benavides made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Humberto Escobar in the 95th minute of play forced Jovens Democratas MZC's goalkeeper Manoel Neuer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tomas Gustafson in the 96th minute. The corner led ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Tomas Gustafson to fire away a dangerous shot which Manoel Neuer despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball.