Official Cup

Dragon Cave
Spectators: 209 (Terracing: 157, Seating: 48, VIP seats: 4) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ladislao Harriet kicked off to start the match. In the 4th match minute, Empire of Soccer was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xanthos Fikias to maneuver through the defense. Fernado Alves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ladislao Harriet in the 7th minute of play. 10 minutes into the match, Empire of Soccer's Ladislao Harriet sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fernado Alves narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A well-hit corner resulted in Hernán Grana heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Empire of Soccer's Nestor Guillelmus played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christiano Ronaldo in the 13th minute of play. After 21 minutes Unione Sportiva's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Teukros Diplarakos who took care of the corner kick. Fernado Alves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xanthos Fikias, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. In the 31st minute of the match Kimon Yfantis shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Nestor Guillelmus showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 33 minutes into the match, Empire of Soccer's Ladislao Harriet sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fernado Alves narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When the match had gone on for 35 minutes, Christiano Ronaldo put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Nestor Guillelmus. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Edvaldo Branco during the 47th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Empire of Soccer's defense didn't have a chance, in the 47th minute, when Christiano Ronaldo scored to the left of an out of position Nestor Guillelmus, making the score, 2-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Christiano Ronaldo made the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute Christiano Ronaldo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nestor Guillelmus saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Christiano Ronaldo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nestor Guillelmus was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. The Unione Sportiva fans' excitement grew in the 55th match minute when Unione Sportiva's Christiano Ronaldo looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. With his leg Fernado Alves managed to avoid a goal in the 66thth minute, when Empire of Soccer's Ladislao Harriet fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Fernado Alves made a fantastic save in the 69th minute, when Ladislao Harriet sent off a good shot on target. Fernado Alves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wit Beton, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nestor Guillelmus took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kimon Yfantis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nestor Guillelmus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christiano Ronaldo, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Through an outstanding action, after 87 minutes, Fernado Alves successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. With a little luck, Unione Sportiva's Fernado Alves got control of the ball when Ladislao Harriet tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 95th minute the ball was on its way in behind Empire of Soccer's goalkeeper Nestor Guillelmus, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Unione Sportiva were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Empire of Soccer for a fine match.