Official Cup

NEM CT Stadium
Spectators: 193 (Terracing: 146, Seating: 44, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Mete Ferro kicked off to start the match. Domingo Esparza hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, New England Minas's Domingo Esparza got a free kick in the 8th minute. Martin Markusson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emilio Ianni in the 9th minute of the match. Martin Markusson came out of the goal in the 9th minute to try and stop a shot by Stowe City's Emilio Ianni. But to his dismay, Emilio Ianni quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Martin Markusson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cason Rojas, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. In the 15thth minute of the game Mete Ferro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Stowe City's Hugo Orlando Hrabina was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Hugo Orlando Hrabina was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Mete Ferro showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 16 minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as New England Minas's Mete Ferro slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Hugo Orlando Hrabina. That made the score 2-1 after 19 minutes of play. When New England Minas's Mete Ferro in the 22nd minute got a chance for a shot 22nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Stowe City's goalie prevented a goal. If Mete Ferro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Hugo Orlando Hrabina showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mete Ferro, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. 33 minutes into the match, Olin Piper had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Martin Markusson. New England Minas's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Olin Piper was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Greg Ciccaglione hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. In the 41st minute Mete Ferro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hugo Orlando Hrabina saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 42 minutes into the match, Stowe City's goalkeeper Hugo Orlando Hrabina had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Chris Cabezon. The crowd rose to their feet as New England Minas's Mete Ferro slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Hugo Orlando Hrabina. That made the score 3-2 after 44 minutes of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Olin Piper to make the kick off. With his leg Martin Markusson managed to avoid a goal in the 52ndth minute, when Stowe City's Darell Frey fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 59th minute Mete Ferro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hugo Orlando Hrabina saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 61st minute Mete Ferro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hugo Orlando Hrabina saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, New England Minas's Rashad Velasquez got a free kick in the 65th minute. Dwayne Grover could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Martin Markusson made a huge save. In the 70th minute, Emilio Ianni hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Stowe City defense, Mete Ferro kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Hugo Orlando Hrabina. The Stowe City fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Hugo Orlando Hrabina should have stopped the shot. Martin Markusson made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Darell Frey sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Stowe City's Emilio Ianni got a free kick in the 75th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Darell Frey in the 80th minute of play forced New England Minas's goalkeeper Martin Markusson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 86 minutes, Mete Ferro made it 6-2 with a short kick to the right side. Stowe City's Hugo Orlando Hrabina tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 90th minute, Mete Ferro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The New England Minas fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-2. Hugo Orlando Hrabina showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mete Ferro, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. The New England Minas support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.