Official Cup

Alvin Laliberté
Spectators: 186 (Terracing: 140, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Amilcar Gomez took the kick off in the first half of the match. Benicio Larez made an important save on a dangerous shot by 魏竞博 in the 3rd minute. Karim Morientes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Dime La Rocca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karim Morientes in the 4th minute of the match. In the 7th minute the ball was on its way in behind Real Marabino's goalkeeper Dime La Rocca, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The supporters of Real Marabino booed when Valhalla F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gaxan Barrena didn't get a good kick on the ball. Benicio Larez made a fantastic save in the 15th minute, when 魏竞博 sent off a good shot on target. If Karim Morientes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 21st minute, Karim Morientes managed to get in a good position for a shot. Valhalla F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Karim Morientes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dime La Rocca breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 23 minutes into the match, Real Marabino's goal looked a bit too open when Karim Morientes came free, but Dime La Rocca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Karim Morientes blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dime La Rocca having to make a save. Dime La Rocca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karim Morientes, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Through an outstanding action, after 29 minutes, Benicio Larez successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Karim Morientes blasted a shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dime La Rocca having to make a save. Dime La Rocca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karim Morientes, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. In the 32nd minute, Du Fan Fei had to leave the field with a concussion. Valhalla F.C.'s Radek Majewski was substituted for Du Fan Fei. In the 34th match minute, Real Marabino was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Spike Broich to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karim Morientes in the 35th minute of play forced Real Marabino's goalkeeper Dime La Rocca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dime La Rocca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karim Morientes in the 39th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Real Marabino's zone, Karim Morientes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dime La Rocca came out of the goal and Karim Morientes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 43 played minutes Real Marabino got a freekick which was hit by Jari 龙铮铮. Karim Morientes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dime La Rocca having to interfere. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Karim Morientes to strike the kick off in the second half. Karim Morientes received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Dime La Rocca came out and tried to block the shot, but Karim Morientes slotted it home off the left post making it 0-1 in the 51st minute. In the 55th minute Amilcar Gomez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benicio Larez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 57 minutes had been played when some careless play by Valhalla F.C.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Spike Broich was slow to take the kick. During this time Real Marabino's players had a chance to rest. 魏竞博's late challenge caught a Valhalla F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 魏竞博 helped the player get up and apologised. In the 59th match minute, Real Marabino was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 魏竞博 to maneuver through the defense. Dime La Rocca was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Karim Morientes showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-2 in the 60 minute of play. 67 minutes into the match, Valhalla F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Jari 龙铮铮 came free, but Benicio Larez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Benicio Larez came out of the goal in the 67th minute to try and stop a shot by Real Marabino's Jari 龙铮铮. But to his dismay, Jari 龙铮铮 quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Real Marabino made a substitution. Louis Pasteur replaced Amilcar Gomez. Real Marabino's Dime La Rocca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Izel Ronaldo in the 79th minute of play. In the 83rd minute, Valhalla F.C.'s Izel Ronaldo ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Dime La Rocca. Dime La Rocca yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-3. Valhalla F.C.'s Izel Ronaldo got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 90 minutes of play Real Marabino's Spike Broich was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Spike Broich hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice moves Izel Ronaldo could shoot a difficult shot in the 92nd minute, which Dime La Rocca however easily saved by the left post. After some careless play in the Valhalla F.C. defense, Jari 龙铮铮 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Benicio Larez. The Valhalla F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Benicio Larez should have stopped the shot. 邱荣远 hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. The Real Marabino fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Valhalla F.C. were clearly better and deserved to take the win.