Official Cup

Idas Valley Stadium
Spectators: 148 (Terracing: 112, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) Huang Kang Zhen made the kick off and thus started the match. Pedro Pelayo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tiburcio Luix, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pedro Pelayo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Huang Kang Zhen, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Agustin Tab in the 13th minute of play forced Stellenbosch's goalkeeper Pedro Pelayo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Francis Jamieson in the 15th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Stellenbosch's Mao Zhen. Stellenbosch's Flóki Cabezudo got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Flóki Cabezudo in the 18th minute of play forced Cuervo Loco FC's goalkeeper Bogdan Stelea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 20th minute, Tiburcio Luix left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cuervo Loco FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 27th minute Agustin Tab shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Pelayo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 29 minutes of play, Cuervo Loco FC's Huang Kang Zhen made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pedro Pelayo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Pedro Pelayo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Agustin Tab in the 31st minute of the match. 35 minutes into the match, Cuervo Loco FC's goal looked a bit too open when Flóki Cabezudo came free, but Bogdan Stelea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pedro Pelayo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tiburcio Luix in the 37th minute of play. In the 42nd minute Huang Kang Zhen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Pelayo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Cuervo Loco FC defense, Flóki Cabezudo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bogdan Stelea. The Cuervo Loco FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bogdan Stelea should have stopped the shot. In the 46th minute, Odysseas Katramados hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Flóki Cabezudo to make the kick off. In the 54th minute Flóki Cabezudo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bogdan Stelea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stellenbosch's Osvaldo Bernat was substituted for Flóki Cabezudo. Stellenbosch's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Mao Zhen in the 60th minute. It was a well-played corner which Luca Savini managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Pedro Pelayo came out of the goal in the 63rd minute to try and stop a shot by Cuervo Loco FC's Huang Kang Zhen. But to his dismay, Huang Kang Zhen quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tiburcio Luix in the 69th minute of play forced Stellenbosch's goalkeeper Pedro Pelayo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luca Savini received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Bogdan Stelea tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Leonardo Ponzio got free with Pedro Pelayo in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Stellenbosch's Pedro Pelayo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tiburcio Luix in the 75th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Leonardo Ponzio got free with Pedro Pelayo in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, Stellenbosch's Pedro Pelayo got control of the ball when Huang Kang Zhen tried to sneak it across the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Osvaldo Bernat in the 83rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Bogdan Stelea prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Osvaldo Bernat's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bogdan Stelea was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. Bogdan Stelea stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Osvaldo Bernat's shot from short distance in the 88th minute. Pedro Pelayo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tiburcio Luix in the 90th minute of play. Cuervo Loco FC's Bogdan Stelea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luca Savini in the 92nd minute of play. 94 minutes had been played when some careless play by Cuervo Loco FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mao Zhen was slow to take the kick. During this time Stellenbosch's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Mao Zhen got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Bogdan Stelea quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Huang Kang Zhen hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. Bogdan Stelea didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Osvaldo Bernat went, in the 96th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. When the final whistle sounded Cuervo Loco FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Stellenbosch.