Prized/Friendly Cup

El Cilindro
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Manchester United FC's Into Vihermäki 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. Daniel Benvido showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michael Owen in the 3rd minute of the match. Manchester United FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Rafael da Silva in the 4th minute. The corner ended in Rafael da Silva almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Majadita FC's Daniel Benvido did a great save. Manchester United FC's Juha Jokiranta proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save Manchester United FC from getting a goal against them. Manchester United FC's Juha Jokiranta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mateo Abechuco in the 16th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Gerardo Urti's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Juha Jokiranta was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. 26 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Majadita FC's Gerardo Urti fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Ruud van Nistelrooij sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Daniel Benvido showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michael Owen in the 38th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Manchester United FC's zone, Gerardo Urti stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Juha Jokiranta came out of the goal and Gerardo Urti tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of Majadita FC booed when Manchester United FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Martti Helin didn't get a good kick on the ball. After the first half Manchester United FC were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gerardo Urti to make the kick off. Mateo Abechuco scored 1-1 in the 53rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Juha Jokiranta, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Juha Jokiranta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Romeo Perutxo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Daniel Benvido showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michael Owen, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Juha Jokiranta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mateo Abechuco in the 70th minute of play. The supporters of Manchester United FC booed when Majadita FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Salvador Qwinton didn't get a good kick on the ball. Juha Jokiranta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gerardo Urti, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. After 82 minutes of play, Majadita FC's Gerardo Urti made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Juha Jokiranta was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Majadita FC getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Guaberto Hanni hit a great ball. Majadita FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Manchester United FC for a fine match.