Prized/Friendly Cup

ELLAND ROAD
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Alvaro Cordarrol took the kick off in the first half of the match. Deilmison van Basten might have been able to make a better finish in the 6th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Emilian Martinez. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Deilmison van Basten ran back to his position shaking his head. Emilian Martinez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Deilmison van Basten, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rodriguinho Sousa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alvaro Cordarrol, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Deilmison van Basten blasted a shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Emilian Martinez having to make a save. In the 17th minute, Deilmison van Basten left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ATHLETICO PRaiano fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. ATHLETICO PRaiano's Rodriguinho Sousa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save ATHLETICO PRaiano from getting a goal against them. In the 23rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Kaplan's goalkeeper Emilian Martinez, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 29 played minutes Kaplan got a freekick which was hit by Dércio Leitão. The audience was convinced that Deilmison van Basten's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emilian Martinez was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. After 32 minutes Kaplan's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Unax Mudarra who took care of the corner kick. Kaplan's Emilian Martinez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Deilmison van Basten in the 34th minute of play. 38 minutes into the match, ATHLETICO PRaiano's Deilmison van Basten sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Emilian Martinez narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ren Zhi Ke could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Rodriguinho Sousa made a huge save. In the 45th minute Deilmison van Basten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emilian Martinez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Deilmison van Basten was the one to do the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, ATHLETICO PRaiano's Deilmison van Basten sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Emilian Martinez narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Deilmison van Basten recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 58th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Kaplan's Emilian Martinez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Deilmison van Basten in the 63rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Orlando Teofilio in the 65th minute of play forced ATHLETICO PRaiano's goalkeeper Rodriguinho Sousa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emilian Martinez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Deilmison van Basten, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Emilian Martinez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Deilmison van Basten in the 69th minute. Emilian Martinez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Deilmison van Basten in the 72nd minute. In the 74th minute the ball was on its way in behind Kaplan's goalkeeper Emilian Martinez, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 75 minutes into the match, ATHLETICO PRaiano's goal looked a bit too open when Ren Zhi Ke came free, but Rodriguinho Sousa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kaplan's Teodosio Erramu was substituted for Benedicto Medero. Arrigo Di Mattia made in the 78th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by ATHLETICO PRaiano's Vilhelm Skoog. The audience thought a goal was coming when Deilmison van Basten got free with Emilian Martinez in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Kaplan's Arrigo Di Mattia got a free kick in the 80th minute. The audience was convinced that Deilmison van Basten's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emilian Martinez was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. Deilmison van Basten who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 88thth minute tested the skills of Emilian Martinez when he managed to save the team from getting behind. With his leg Emilian Martinez managed to avoid a goal in the 88thth minute, when ATHLETICO PRaiano's Deilmison van Basten fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 94 minutes of play, Kaplan's Orlando Teofilio made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rodriguinho Sousa was left in no man's land by his defense there! The Kaplan supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching ATHLETICO PRaiano's performance. The match ended with a win for ATHLETICO PRaiano.