Prized/Friendly Cup

Jhonny Ortigoza
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Aniol Peña started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aniol Peña in the 3rd minute of play forced Los Trip's goalkeeper Agustín Rossi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edu Carvalho in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Xano Menendez saved Πυργετός Fc from getting behind. After a defensive mix-up in Los Trip's zone, Aniol Peña stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Agustín Rossi came out of the goal and Aniol Peña tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Edu Carvalho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Xano Menendez was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. 15 minutes into the match, Edu Carvalho dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Xano Menendez, 1-0. When Aniol Peña came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the Πυργετός Fc fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Aniol Peña couldn't finish the play. Manuel Santxol received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Xano Menendez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Edu Carvalho blasted a shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Xano Menendez having to make a save. Xano Menendez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cipriano Castro in the 26th minute of the match. In the 27th minute Los Trip were awarded a corner. Roman Lech went to the cornerflag to take it. Roman Lech made a great header on Los Trip's corner, it was just that Πυργετός Fc's Xano Menendez managed to reach the ball for a save. The audience was convinced that Edu Carvalho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Xano Menendez was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. In the 30thth minute of the game Edu Carvalho who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Πυργετός Fc's Xano Menendez was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In a very dangerous position, a player in Los Trip fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 33rd minute. Penalty! Aniol Peña sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 39 minutes into the match, Πυργετός Fc's goalkeeper Xano Menendez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Edu Carvalho. In the 40th minute the ball was on its way in behind Πυργετός Fc's goalkeeper Xano Menendez, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 43 minutes into the match, Πυργετός Fc's goalkeeper Xano Menendez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Edu Carvalho. Los Trip's Edelmiro Neto managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Ilias Karanastasis in the 44 minute of the game. Xano Menendez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edu Carvalho in the 46th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

After some fancy dribbling in the 54th minute, Aniol Peña managed to get in a good position for a shot. Πυργετός Fc's supporters rose to their feet, but Aniol Peña was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Agustín Rossi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ilias Karanastasis hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Los Trip's attentive Edelmiro Neto managed to snatch the ball when Ilias Karanastasis made a throw-in in the 62nd minute of the game. Bruno Capello blasted a shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Xano Menendez having to make a save. Xano Menendez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Capello in the 67th minute of play. Πυργετός Fc's Aniol Peña got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Capello in the 74th minute of play forced Πυργετός Fc's goalkeeper Xano Menendez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Capello in the 77th minute of play forced Πυργετός Fc's goalkeeper Xano Menendez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bruno Capello in the 81st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Xano Menendez saved Πυργετός Fc from getting behind. When Ilias Karanastasis fell near the penalty area in the 87th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Πυργετός Fc's protests and gave Ilias Karanastasis a yellow card for diving instead. In the 87th match minute, Πυργετός Fc was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ilias Karanastasis to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Capello in the 89th minute of play forced Πυργετός Fc's goalkeeper Xano Menendez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Xano Menendez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cipriano Castro in the 91st minute of play. 91 minutes into the game, Los Trip's Cipriano Castro nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Xano Menendez made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0.

Los Trip's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.