Official Cup

Gigante de Phoenix
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Recolta Alamor's Chris Bateman 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. Wilbur Hyde showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chris Bateman in the 6th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Recolta Alamor's zone, Joaquim Vilar stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Yoel Quevedo came out of the goal and Joaquim Vilar tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 10th minute Chris Bateman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wilbur Hyde saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Damian Dean had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Wilbur Hyde took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chris Bateman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Yoel Quevedo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Claude Mueller in the 17th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Domingo Lopez in the 18th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Yoel Quevedo saved Recolta Alamor from getting behind. The corner led El Canalla de Chicago's Domingo Lopez to fire away a dangerous shot which Yoel Quevedo despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 21 minutes into the match, El Canalla de Chicago's goal looked a bit too open when Wes Nichols came free, but Wilbur Hyde reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Joaquim Vilar scored 1-0 in the 22nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Yoel Quevedo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 26th minute Chris Bateman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wilbur Hyde saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 27 minutes had been played when some careless play by El Canalla de Chicago'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. Domingo Lopez hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Romeo Hosu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Wilbur Hyde was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. Yoel Quevedo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joaquim Vilar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Yoel Quevedo didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when El Canalla de Chicago's Joaquim Vilar shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-0 in the ordered_time% minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joaquim Vilar to make the kick off. Yoel Quevedo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Domingo Lopez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. El Canalla de Chicago's Justin Raines was substituted for Hugo Hubbard. El Canalla de Chicago made a substitution. Cary Ackerman replaced Andreas Sanchez. 64 minutes had been played when some careless play by Recolta Alamor's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Claude Mueller was slow to take the kick. During this time El Canalla de Chicago's players had a chance to rest. 68 minutes into the game, Justin Raines threw the ball into play from the sideline. Recolta Alamor's Damian Dean quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Yoel Quevedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Domingo Lopez, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Domingo Lopez in the 75th minute of play forced Recolta Alamor's goalkeeper Yoel Quevedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romeo Hosu in the 76th minute of play forced El Canalla de Chicago's goalkeeper Wilbur Hyde to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 76 minutes into the game, Romeo Hosu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Wilbur Hyde was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 89 minutes into the match, Recolta Alamor's goal looked a bit too open when Armando Leobardo came free, but Yoel Quevedo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 89 minutes into the match, Armando Leobardo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Yoel Quevedo. Recolta Alamor's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Armando Leobardo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. After 93 played minutes El Canalla de Chicago got a freekick which was hit by Cary Ackerman. In the 95th match minute, El Canalla de Chicago was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Justin Raines to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. El Canalla de Chicago had won after a very even match.