Official Cup

Frédson Mendes
Spectators: 527 (Terracing: 396, Seating: 121, VIP seats: 10) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Arkadiusz Piatek got the match started through his kick off. Cordero Jesus received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Mano Hume tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Arkadiusz Piatek came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the Utopía Muerta 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 Arkadiusz Piatek couldn't finish the play. Mano Hume made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eusebio Ecija in the 10th minute of play. VERDOLAGA CITY FC's Barbaros Bozbey proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save VERDOLAGA CITY FC from getting a goal against them. 17 minutes into the match, Utopía Muerta FC's goal looked a bit too open when Xove Pintor came free, but Mano Hume reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arkadiusz Piatek's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Barbaros Bozbey read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 18th minute of play. 20 minutes into the match, Utopía Muerta FC's Arkadiusz Piatek sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Barbaros Bozbey narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Cordero Jesus took the ball and in the 22 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mano Hume. Mano Hume dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Mano Hume showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xove Pintor in the 24th minute of the match. Barbaros Bozbey made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arkadiusz Piatek in the 27th minute of play. 41 minutes into the match, Utopía Muerta FC's goal looked a bit too open when Eusebio Ecija came free, but Mano Hume reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 43rd match minute, Utopía Muerta FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fermin Martinez to maneuver through the defense. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cordero Jesus to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Cordero Jesus got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Mano Hume made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xove Pintor in the 53rd minute of play. Utopía Muerta FC's Mano Hume proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save Utopía Muerta FC from getting a goal against them. 55 minutes had been played when some careless play by Utopía Muerta FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Eusebio Ecija was slow to take the kick. During this time VERDOLAGA CITY FC's players had a chance to rest. A collision led to VERDOLAGA CITY FC getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Sergio Mosquera hit a great ball. Utopía Muerta FC's Braulio Hibai was substituted for Anier Johans. VERDOLAGA CITY FC's Xande Cavani was substituted for Cordero Jesus. 60 minutes into the match, VERDOLAGA CITY FC's goal looked a bit too open when Fermin Martinez came free, but Barbaros Bozbey reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eusebio Ecija in the 66th minute of play forced Utopía Muerta FC's goalkeeper Mano Hume to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 72 minutes into the match, VERDOLAGA CITY FC's goal looked a bit too open when Severo Bermudo came free, but Barbaros Bozbey reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xove Pintor in the 76th minute of play forced Utopía Muerta FC's goalkeeper Mano Hume to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Barbaros Bozbey showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fermin Martinez in the 81st minute of the match. In the 82nd minute Xande Cavani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mano Hume saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Barbaros Bozbey made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Severo Bermudo in the 83rd minute of play. When the match clock showed 86 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Braulio Hibai sped through VERDOLAGA CITY FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Barbaros Bozbey. 89 minutes into the match, VERDOLAGA CITY FC's goal looked a bit too open when Severo Bermudo came free, but Barbaros Bozbey reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mano Hume took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xande Cavani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Xande Cavani might have been able to make a better finish in the 91st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mano Hume. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Xande Cavani ran back to his position shaking his head. Xove Pintor in the 91stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Mano Hume, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Severo Bermudo in the 93rd minute of play forced VERDOLAGA CITY FC's goalkeeper Barbaros Bozbey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 96 minutes of play, VERDOLAGA CITY FC's Xande Cavani made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mano Hume was left in no man's land by his defense there!

The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. VERDOLAGA CITY FC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.