Official Cup

The Coliseum
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Rijosos F.C.'s Zeng Xu Chang 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. After a rather tough play, Rijosos F.C.'s Javier Warren got a free kick in the 4th minute. 5 minutes into the match, Donald Voldfrom had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Paris Chatzinikolaou. Rijosos F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Donald Voldfrom was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. PALMEIRAS-UTAH's 严昂军 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zeng Xu Chang in the 10th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bailey Kerns in the 11th minute of play forced Rijosos F.C.'s goalkeeper Paris Chatzinikolaou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 11 minutes into the game, one of Rijosos F.C.:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Odell Santana might have been able to make a better finish in the 16th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over 严昂军. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Odell Santana ran back to his position shaking his head. Paris Chatzinikolaou took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bailey Kerns, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 23 minutes into the match, Bailey Kerns had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Paris Chatzinikolaou. Rijosos F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bailey Kerns was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Paris Chatzinikolaou took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bailey Kerns, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Paris Chatzinikolaou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bailey Kerns in the 26th minute of the match. When PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Bailey Kerns in the 28th minute got a chance for a shot 28th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Rijosos F.C.'s goalie prevented a goal. Paris Chatzinikolaou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bailey Kerns in the 30th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Donald Voldfrom in the 31st minute of play forced Rijosos F.C.'s goalkeeper Paris Chatzinikolaou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. PALMEIRAS-UTAH's 严昂军 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zeng Xu Chang in the 41st minute of play. Paris Chatzinikolaou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bailey Kerns in the 42nd minute of the match. Donald Voldfrom fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paris Chatzinikolaou having to interfere. Zeng Xu Chang received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. 严昂军 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Donald Voldfrom to make the kick off. In the 51st match minute, Rijosos F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vitório Donato to maneuver through the defense. 54 minutes into the match, Rijosos F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Donald Voldfrom came free, but Paris Chatzinikolaou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ian Faria kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olimpiu Mirciulescu in the 58th minute of play forced Rijosos F.C.'s goalkeeper Paris Chatzinikolaou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paris Chatzinikolaou made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Olimpiu Mirciulescu sent off a good shot on target. He Xiao hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Paris Chatzinikolaou made an important save on a dangerous shot by Andre Randall in the 67th minute. 严昂军 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vitório Donato, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Qu Feng in the 69th minute of play forced Rijosos F.C.'s goalkeeper Paris Chatzinikolaou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 74th match minute, Rijosos F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ian Faria to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 77 minutes, Odell Santana managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Rijosos F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Odell Santana was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Qu Feng slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Paris Chatzinikolaou. That made the score 0-3 after 81 minutes of play. Paris Chatzinikolaou didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Qu Feng shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-4 in the ordered_time% minute. With a little luck, Rijosos F.C.'s Paris Chatzinikolaou got control of the ball when Andre Randall tried to sneak it across the goal line. Andre Randall's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Paris Chatzinikolaou firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 94th minute Qu Feng shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paris Chatzinikolaou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 95th minute, Ian Faria hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Olimpiu Mirciulescu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 96th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. PALMEIRAS-UTAH's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.