Official Cup

Diego Vizioli
Spectators: 195 (Terracing: 147, Seating: 45, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Pat Eggers got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Clinton Werfel in the 2nd minute of play forced Uetendorf Wanderers's goalkeeper David Aberle to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 4th minute, Pat Eggers hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 5th minute Glenn Huez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stig Verlengia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 5th minute, Glenn Huez made a precise shot to the right of Stig Verlengia. Liver Bird's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Stig Verlengia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Özcan Balcik in the 9th minute of play. After 10 minutes Liver Bird's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Martin Rutsch who took care of the corner kick. Martin Rutsch made a great header on Uetendorf Wanderers's corner, it was just that Liver Bird's Stig Verlengia managed to reach the ball for a save. 12 minutes into the match, Martin Rutsch notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Liver Bird's Stig Verlengia. Stig Verlengia was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Nathaniel Howald fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without David Aberle having to interfere. Pat Eggers could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but David Aberle made a huge save. Pat Eggers scored 1-2 in the 27th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of David Aberle, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Martin Rutsch's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Stig Verlengia read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 30th minute of play. When the match clock showed 31 minutes, the score became 1-3 when Martin Rutsch sped through Liver Bird's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Stig Verlengia. Timoteo Kuhn came free with the goalkeeper in the 35th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and David Aberle could save by the left post. Stig Verlengia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Özcan Balcik, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Stig Verlengia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giorgos Papaiakovou in the 40th minute of the match. David Aberle made an important save on a dangerous shot by Timoteo Kuhn in the 44th minute. When the match had gone on for 45 minutes, Clinton Werfel took a quick shot and it went in 2-3 without a chance for David Aberle to make any attempt to save it.

After a rather tough play, Liver Bird's Silvain Zimmermann got a free kick in the 52nd minute. In the 53rd minute Martin Rutsch shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stig Verlengia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. David Aberle took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jacques La Rosa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. David Aberle showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Clinton Werfel, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. In the 61st minute Pat Eggers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Aberle saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Glenn Huez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 66 minutes into the match, Uetendorf Wanderers's goal looked a bit too open when Pat Eggers came free, but David Aberle reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Liver Bird's Raffaele Mutach was substituted for Alfred Parolini. Uetendorf Wanderers were awarded a corner in the 71th minute after Liver Bird's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Martin Rutsch took the corner. Özcan Balcik was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Uetendorf Wanderers's David Aberle played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pat Eggers in the 75th minute of play. Liver Bird made a substitution. Jonathan Lamontagne replaced Clinton Werfel. After 78 played minutes Liver Bird got a freekick which was hit by Jonathan Lamontagne. After a rather tough play, Uetendorf Wanderers's Martin Rutsch got a free kick in the 79th minute. Özcan Balcik fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stig Verlengia having to interfere. David Aberle showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dimitris Rapsopodis, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. If Jonathan Lamontagne had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Uetendorf Wanderers's David Aberle played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dimitris Rapsopodis in the 92nd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Dimitris Rapsopodis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but David Aberle was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. David Aberle took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dimitris Rapsopodis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Uetendorf Wanderers eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.