Official Cup

Stephen A Smith IP
Spectators: 466 (Terracing: 350, Seating: 107, VIP seats: 9) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Allan Pettersson took the kick off in the first half of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Allan Pettersson in the 12th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ruperto Frances prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by CRIMINAL MAMBO's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Victorio Gabrio was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Wingspan's players had a chance to rest. Kristian Modig made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carmelo Marz in the 22nd minute of play. Carmelo Marz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Kristian Modig tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 26th minute, Carmelo Marz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The CRIMINAL MAMBO fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 32nd minute Carmelo Marz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kristian Modig saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the last second Ruperto Frances throw himself and got hold of the ball when Allan Pettersson in the 34thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. 36 minutes had been played when some careless play by CRIMINAL MAMBO's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Victorio Gabrio was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Wingspan's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Victorio Gabrio got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ruperto Frances quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 37 minutes into the match, CRIMINAL MAMBO's goalkeeper Ruperto Frances had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Allan Pettersson. When Allan Pettersson came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the FC Wingspan 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 Allan Pettersson couldn't finish the play. In the 40th minute Allan Pettersson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ruperto Frances saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Victorio Gabrio hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Kristian Modig showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carmelo Marz in the 44th minute of the match. The supporters of FC Wingspan booed when CRIMINAL MAMBO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Virgilio Hunfredo didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Allan Pettersson managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Wingspan's supporters rose to their feet, but Allan Pettersson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ruperto Frances breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.

53 minutes into the match, FC Wingspan's Allan Pettersson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ruperto Frances narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Carmelo Marz might have been able to make a better finish in the 54th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Kristian Modig. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Carmelo Marz ran back to his position shaking his head. After 58 played minutes FC Wingspan got a freekick which was hit by Cristian-Federico Overman. Ruperto Frances showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Allan Pettersson, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. With his leg Kristian Modig managed to avoid a goal in the 66thth minute, when CRIMINAL MAMBO's Carmelo Marz fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Victorio Gabrio took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 73rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ruperto Frances. CRIMINAL MAMBO's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Kristian Modig took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carmelo Marz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 76th minute, CRIMINAL MAMBO's Carmelo Marz dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-2. After some careless play in the CRIMINAL MAMBO defense, Allan Pettersson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ruperto Frances. The CRIMINAL MAMBO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ruperto Frances should have stopped the shot. Ruperto Frances took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Allan Pettersson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ruperto Frances took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Allan Pettersson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kristian Modig took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carmelo Marz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 94 minutes into the match, FC Wingspan's Allan Pettersson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ruperto Frances narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Allan Pettersson in the 95th minute of play forced CRIMINAL MAMBO's goalkeeper Ruperto Frances to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 96 minutes CRIMINAL MAMBO's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Victorio Gabrio who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on FC Wingspan's corner Victorio Gabrio fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ruperto Frances quite easily take care of the ball.

When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. CRIMINAL MAMBO had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.