Prized/Friendly Cup

Robert Nesta Marley
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Gábor Joó kicked off to start the match. In the 4th minute of the match, Olgierd Gajewski tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Rene Higuita saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Gábor Joó sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gábor Joó in the 9th minute of play forced ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣'s goalkeeper Rodrigo Beliran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 12thth minute of the game Gábor Joó who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣'s Rodrigo Beliran was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Rodrigo Beliran showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcell Kiss in the 15th minute of the match. Valencia CF Mindszent's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Octav Blănaru in the 16th minute. After taking down the ball on Valencia CF Mindszent's corner Bērtulis Ludbergs fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Rodrigo Beliran quite easily take care of the ball. In the 18th minute Armando Lore shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rene Higuita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Mátyás Bánhegyi in the 27th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Valencia CF Mindszent's Roberto Carlo. The crowd rose to their feet as Olgierd Gajewski kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Rene Higuita. That made the score 1-0 in the 30 minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th minute, Gábor Joó managed to get in a good position for a shot. Valencia CF Mindszent's supporters rose to their feet, but Gábor Joó was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rodrigo Beliran breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 44 minutes of play, Valencia CF Mindszent's Gábor Joó made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rodrigo Beliran was left in no man's land by his defense there! Rene Higuita was a little too slow when Olgierd Gajewski got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 48th minute. The score was now 2-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Olgierd Gajewski to make the kick off. The throw-in from Patricio Cruz in the 54th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Valencia CF Mindszent's Gáspár Rigó. The audience was convinced that Olgierd Gajewski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rene Higuita was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. 59 minutes into the match, Valencia CF Mindszent's goal looked a bit too open when Olgierd Gajewski came free, but Rene Higuita reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gábor Joó took the ball and in the 66 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rodrigo Beliran. Rodrigo Beliran dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣'s Edmund Sobczak was substituted for Olgierd Gajewski. Valencia CF Mindszent made a substitution. Silvestre Pacorro replaced Christos Xenidis. Valencia CF Mindszent's Elek Bognár was substituted for Marcell Kiss. ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣'s Joel Cordarrel was substituted for Marcelo Masa. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Joel Cordarrel in the 76th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rene Higuita saved Valencia CF Mindszent from getting behind. In the 76thth minute of the game Joel Cordarrel who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Valencia CF Mindszent's Rene Higuita was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Rene Higuita stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Fausto Alcântara's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. In the 84th match minute, ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jorge Kemen to maneuver through the defense. Rene Higuita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Cordarrel, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. In the 86thth minute of the game Joel Cordarrel who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Valencia CF Mindszent's Rene Higuita was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmund Sobczak in the 88th minute of play forced Valencia CF Mindszent's goalkeeper Rene Higuita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rene Higuita didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joel Cordarrel went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. Rodrigo Beliran made an important save on a dangerous shot by Elek Bognár in the 95th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maximo Abajas in the 96th minute of play forced Valencia CF Mindszent's goalkeeper Rene Higuita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valencia CF Mindszent's Rene Higuita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bilgin Erol in the 97th minute of play. ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣'s fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.