Prized/Friendly Cup

Ricart FC
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Manole Cristoiu started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd minute, Doron Bantz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 4 minutes into the match, Manole Cristoiu notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Ricart Futebol Clube's Andres Ekhi. Andres Ekhi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Braulio Carrasco during the 7th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Braulio Carrasco kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. In the 8th minute Abel Ramalho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Artzai Tarin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ricart Futebol Clube were awarded a corner in the 9th minute after Orgullo's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Doron Bantz took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Geovânio Gerber got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Artzai Tarin quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 15thth minute of the game Abel Ramalho who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Orgullo's Artzai Tarin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to Ricart Futebol Clube getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Tales Gonçalves hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Abel Ramalho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Artzai Tarin was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 27 minutes, Abel Ramalho took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Artzai Tarin to make any attempt to save it. After a rather tough play, Orgullo's D.J. Banan got a free kick in the 41st minute. A collision led to Orgullo getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Mario Zapatero hit a great ball. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

In the 53rd minute of the game Braulio Carrasco made a throw-in which Herminio Jurado played forward. Orgullo's Artzai Tarin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abel Ramalho in the 63rd minute of play. 64 minutes into the match, Ricart Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Andres Ekhi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Manole Cristoiu. Braulio Carrasco got a throw-in 68 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Manole Cristoiu. Artzai Tarin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eusebio Hori in the 70th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 72nd minute, Eusebio Hori managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ricart Futebol Clube's supporters rose to their feet, but Eusebio Hori was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Artzai Tarin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Orgullo getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Yan Chuan Yang hit a great ball. In the 79th minute, Eusebio Hori left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ricart Futebol Clube fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Manole Cristoiu blasted a shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Andres Ekhi having to make a save. 87 minutes into the match, Eusebio Hori had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Artzai Tarin. Orgullo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eusebio Hori was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Ricart Futebol Clube's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.