Prized/Friendly Cup

Nordharz Stadion
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Flying Dutch's Niceto Xacintu 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. After a defensive mix-up in Flying Dutch's zone, Silvestre Loi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Luís Paulo Romero came out of the goal and Silvestre Loi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 7th minute Jurek Ohrem shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luís Paulo Romero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 9th minute André Luís Cardoso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacek Matuch saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 11 minutes had been played when some careless play by SV Bad Harzburg's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Thiago de Mendonça was slow to take the kick. During this time Flying Dutch's players had a chance to rest. Flying Dutch's Thiago de Mendonça was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jacek Matuch in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 13th minute André Luís Cardoso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacek Matuch saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 17th minute Silvestre Loi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luís Paulo Romero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xu Jing made in the 20th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Jardel Pinheiro immediately put the ball in play. In the 22nd minute, Silvestre Loi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SV Bad Harzburg fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Xu Jing made in the 29th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Thiago de Mendonça however managed to control. 30 minutes into the match, SV Bad Harzburg's goal looked a bit too open when Alexsandro Tróia came free, but Jacek Matuch reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 32nd minute Fabian Ivașcu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacek Matuch saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 33rd minute, André Luís Cardoso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 36th match minute, Flying Dutch was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Basilio Lain to maneuver through the defense. The long shot by Éthan Pichard in the 37th minute really tested Luís Paulo Romero's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. After 42 minutes Flying Dutch's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Éthan Pichard who took care of the corner kick. Éthan Pichard made a great header on SV Bad Harzburg's corner, it was just that Flying Dutch's Luís Paulo Romero managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 47th minute, Rodolfo Santos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. SV Bad Harzburg's Éthan Pichard got a good chance for a goal in the 48th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Silvestre Loi to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute Silvestre Loi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luís Paulo Romero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Silvestre Loi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jurek Ohrem recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 59th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Luís Paulo Romero showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toralf Hell, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. In the 64th match minute, SV Bad Harzburg was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Derek Henderson to maneuver through the defense. In the 69th minute Niceto Xacintu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacek Matuch saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luís Paulo Romero stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Silvestre Loi's shot from short distance in the 70th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jurek Ohrem in the 73rd minute of play forced Flying Dutch's goalkeeper Luís Paulo Romero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 80 minutes into the match, SV Bad Harzburg's goal looked a bit too open when André Luís Cardoso came free, but Jacek Matuch reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Silvestre Loi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luís Paulo Romero was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. When Silvestre Loi came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the SV Bad Harzburg fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Silvestre Loi couldn't finish the play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jurek Ohrem in the 89th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Luís Paulo Romero saved Flying Dutch from getting behind. After some careless play in the Flying Dutch defense, Silvestre Loi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luís Paulo Romero. The Flying Dutch fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luís Paulo Romero should have stopped the shot. Rodolfo Santos kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match. SV Bad Harzburg's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.