Prized/Friendly Cup

LA ESTANCIA
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Northern California's Gustavo Isazi started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 2nd minute, Bozhil Vaptzarov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. David Schembri was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Bozhil Vaptzarov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but David Schembri read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 6th minute of play. In the 7th minute of the match U.D. Mancini got a corner. Northern California's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Bozhil Vaptzarov ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Bozhil Vaptzarov got away a dangerous shot. Despite this David Schembri quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. If Bozhil Vaptzarov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With a little luck, U.D. Mancini's Gonsalve Flores got control of the ball when Leandro Chorche tried to sneak it across the goal line. Kadir Celilay might have been able to make a better finish in the 13th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over David Schembri. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kadir Celilay ran back to his position shaking his head. U.D. Mancini's Amadeo Ziguenza managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Dante Taurino in the 16 minute of the game. Bozhil Vaptzarov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 21st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bozhil Vaptzarov in the 25th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg David Schembri saved Northern California from getting behind. 26 minutes had been played when some careless play by Northern California's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Bozhil Vaptzarov was slow to take the kick. During this time U.D. Mancini's players had a chance to rest. U.D. Mancini's Ferdinando De Simone was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but David Schembri in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bozhil Vaptzarov in the 26th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck David Schembri prevented the ball from getting in the gole. David Schembri came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by U.D. Mancini's Bozhil Vaptzarov. But to his dismay, Bozhil Vaptzarov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kadir Celilay in the 38th minute of play forced Northern California's goalkeeper David Schembri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gonsalve Flores made a fantastic save in the 43rd minute, when Leandro Chorche sent off a good shot on target. With an all-out effort, Northern California's Gonsalve Flores threw himself towards the right post 45 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Gustavo Isazi, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Bozhil Vaptzarov made the kick off in the second half. Kadir Celilays short, quick shot in the 54thth minute got David Schembri to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 58th minute, Bozhil Vaptzarov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U.D. Mancini fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. In the 64th minute Bozhil Vaptzarov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Schembri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 65th match minute, Northern California was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Serafin Ilazki to maneuver through the defense. With his leg David Schembri managed to avoid a goal in the 69thth minute, when U.D. Mancini's Kadir Celilay fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The audience was convinced that Bozhil Vaptzarov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but David Schembri was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. U.D. Mancini's Gonsalve Flores played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustavo Isazi in the 74th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bozhil Vaptzarov in the 75th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck David Schembri prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Kadir Celilay 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 David Schembri, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Bozhil Vaptzarov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. David Schembri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bozhil Vaptzarov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 85th minute Gustavo Isazi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gonsalve Flores saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. U.D. Mancini's Agustín Pedrosa was substituted for Kadir Celilay. 93 minutes had been played when some careless play by U.D. Mancini's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Antonio Guillelme was slow to take the kick. During this time Northern California's players had a chance to rest. The Northern California supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching U.D. Mancini's performance. The match ended with a win for U.D. Mancini.