Prized/Friendly Cup

Estadio Nagano
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Timur Chichko 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. Rahim Niğdeli blasted a shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Josue Ayala having to make a save. Josue Ayala took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rahim Niğdeli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 7th minute Rahim Niğdeli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Josue Ayala saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. It was a well-played corner which Roberto Finotti managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Josue Ayala showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rahim Niğdeli in the 11th minute of the match. In the 13th minute, Alexandr Berezin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 16 minutes into the match, Rahim Niğdeli notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Josue Ayala. Josue Ayala was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rahim Niğdeli in the 20th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Josue Ayala prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 26th minute, Timur Chichko made a precise shot to the right of Vellito Alguerdo. NAGANO F.C's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rahim Niğdeli in the 29th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Josue Ayala prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rahim Niğdeli in the 38th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Josue Ayala prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Rahim Niğdeli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 44th minute, Rahim Niğdeli ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Josue Ayala was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rahim Niğdeli stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Josue Ayala showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rahim Niğdeli, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. Vellito Alguerdo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timur Chichko in the 60th minute of the match. The throw-in from Egor Penkin in the 61st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by NAGANO F.C's Clodoveo Weather. If Bar Olo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 66 minutes of play, NAGANO F.C's Rahim Niğdeli made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Josue Ayala was left in no man's land by his defense there! NAGANO F.C made a substitution. Teo Alberdi replaced Bar Olo. Josue Ayala took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rahim Niğdeli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When NAGANO F.C's Rahim Niğdeli in the 77th minute got a chance for a shot 77th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Rahim Niğdeli's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Josue Ayala was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. In the 81stth minute of the game Rahim Niğdeli who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Josue Ayala was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Феникс Санкт-Петербург made a substitution. Osmar Madureira replaced Sebastian Postelnicu. 88 minutes into the match, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goal looked a bit too open when Rahim Niğdeli came free, but Josue Ayala reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Teo Alberdi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Josue Ayala showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diego Beckenbauer in the 93rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Timur Chichko in the 96th minute of play forced NAGANO F.C's goalkeeper Vellito Alguerdo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. For all the effort they put into the match, the Феникс Санкт-Петербург players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for NAGANO F.C.