Prized/Friendly Cup

Amancio Thomas
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Grabiel Escorcia started the match with the kick off. In the 7th match minute, Nacional was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felipe Carballo to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Julius Klačko in the 8th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Juaneizu Merida prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 10 minutes Nacional's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Atay Sayılgan who took care of the corner kick. In the 12th minute of the match La MaKina del Parque got a corner. Nacional's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Atay Sayılgan ran over to the corner to take the kick. Through an outstanding action, after 22 minutes, Juaneizu Merida successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 26 minutes into the match, Nacional's goal looked a bit too open when Julius Klačko came free, but Juaneizu Merida reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mariano Walme made in the 28th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Julius Klačko immediately put the ball in play. Görkem Tokdemir showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grabiel Escorcia in the 30th minute of the match. If Julius Klačko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 34 minutes into the game, Julius Klačko recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Juaneizu Merida. Julius Klačko showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. In the 41st match minute, Nacional was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felipe Carballo to maneuver through the defense. 45 minutes into the match, La MaKina del Parque's goal looked a bit too open when Grabiel Escorcia came free, but Görkem Tokdemir reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Felipe Carballo made in the 47th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Grabiel Escorcia immediately put the ball in play. 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Julius Klačko stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Xu Sha was extremely unlucky when he, in the 50th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Julius Klačko might have been able to make a better finish in the 54th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Juaneizu Merida. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Julius Klačko ran back to his position shaking his head. Juaneizu Merida took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julius Klačko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 63 minutes into the match, Joseph Gayoso notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of La MaKina del Parque's Görkem Tokdemir. Görkem Tokdemir was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Nacional's Walme Yurre was substituted for Mendiko Bueres. In the 68th minute, Sven-Olof Hamberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luciano Inverso came free with the goalkeeper in the 73rd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Görkem Tokdemir could save by the left post. In the 79th minute, Cristian Pero hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Xu Sha got free with Görkem Tokdemir in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julius Klačko in the 85th minute of play forced Nacional's goalkeeper Juaneizu Merida to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.