Official Cup

Middleville Park
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Chris Bateman started the match with the kick off. In the 16th minute, Chris Bateman left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Recolta Alamor fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Tomas Landry didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Romeo Hosu went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. In the 22ndth minute of the game Chris Bateman who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Astrologer FC's Tomas Landry was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 24 minutes Astrologer FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Damian Dean who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Damian Dean got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Tomas Landry quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 33 minutes had been played when some careless play by Astrologer FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Damian Dean was slow to take the kick. During this time Recolta Alamor's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Emmanuel Pennington got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Tomas Landry quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Astrologer FC's Tomas Landry played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romeo Hosu in the 37th minute of play. Damon Blue fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yoel Quevedo having to interfere. Astrologer FC's Tomas Landry played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romeo Hosu in the 41st minute of play. Romeo Hosu scored 0-4 in the 41st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tomas Landry, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 44th minute Richie Arnold shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yoel Quevedo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 46th minute Romeo Hosu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tomas Landry saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Richie Arnold made a kick off. Tomas Landry showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chris Bateman, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. In the 61st minute of the match Recolta Alamor got a corner. Astrologer FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Damian Dean ran over to the corner to take the kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Wes Nichols got free with Tomas Landry in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 72 minutes into the match, Recolta Alamor's goal looked a bit too open when Richie Arnold came free, but Yoel Quevedo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Richie Arnold received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Yoel Quevedo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Recolta Alamor made a substitution. Jerrod Dickinson replaced Damian Dean. Recolta Alamor made a substitution. Phil Riggs replaced Chris Bateman. Wes Nichols came free with the goalkeeper in the 78th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Tomas Landry could save by the left post. After 79 minutes Astrologer FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Phil Riggs who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Recolta Alamor's Phil Riggs to fire away a dangerous shot which Tomas Landry despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Astrologer FC's Tomas Landry proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save Astrologer FC from getting a goal against them. Astrologer FC's Tomas Landry proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save Astrologer FC from getting a goal against them. If Wes Nichols had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 87th minute Phil Riggs shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tomas Landry saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Phil Riggs in the 89th minute of play forced Astrologer FC's goalkeeper Tomas Landry to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Recolta Alamor booed when Astrologer FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Scottie Leonard didn't get a good kick on the ball. Recolta Alamor played a much better game than Astrologer FC and deserved their victory. The Astrologer FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.