Official Cup

Rungrado 1st of May
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) 8 minutes into the match, Şükrü Yazargil notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of April 25 SC's Sergio Romero. Sergio Romero was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 13 minutes of play, MACAU. F.C's Angelo Assunção made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sergio Romero was left in no man's land by his defense there! 16 minutes into the match, MACAU. F.C's goalkeeper Anselmo Gama had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ren Xi Chen. In the 20th minute Şükrü Yazargil shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sergio Romero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 22 minutes into the match, April 25 SC's goal looked a bit too open when Şükrü Yazargil came free, but Sergio Romero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ren Xi Chen got free with Anselmo Gama in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Anselmo Gama showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ramiro James, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. With a little luck, MACAU. F.C's Anselmo Gama got control of the ball when Ren Xi Chen tried to sneak it across the goal line. April 25 SC's Sergio Romero played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Angelo Assunção in the 31st minute of play. Anselmo Gama made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ramiro James in the 35th minute of play. The audience was convinced that De-Jesús Haaland's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sergio Romero was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. April 25 SC's Sergio Romero played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Angelo Assunção in the 43rd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ren Xi Chen got free with Anselmo Gama in the 46th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The April 25 SC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. MACAU. F.C were winning 0-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell De-Jesús Haaland to make the kick off. A collision led to April 25 SC getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Victorio Zabalo hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Angelo Assunção got free with Sergio Romero in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Anselmo Gama showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ramiro James, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. MACAU. F.C made a substitution. Aloísio Esteves replaced Alberto Sobral. April 25 SC's Benito Marques was substituted for Ionel Zărnescu. April 25 SC's Ren Xi Chen was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Anselmo Gama in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. MACAU. F.C's Albino Cugat was substituted for De-Jesús Haaland. In the 65th minute Albino Cugat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sergio Romero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sergio Romero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Angelo Assunção in the 68th minute of the match. Sergio Romero showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Angelo Assunção, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. April 25 SC's Sergio Romero proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save April 25 SC from getting a goal against them. After recieving a nice pass, April 25 SC's Ren Xi Chen tried to score from far away in the 73rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. April 25 SC made a substitution. Michel Platini replaced Antoni Augustyn. Anselmo Gama showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ramiro James, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. MACAU. F.C's Anselmo Gama played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ren Xi Chen in the 78th minute of play. After a rather tough play, April 25 SC's Ramiro James got a free kick in the 80th minute. Anselmo Gama made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ren Xi Chen in the 83rd minute of play. April 25 SC's Sergio Romero proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save April 25 SC from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, April 25 SC's Sergio Romero got control of the ball when Angelo Assunção tried to sneak it across the goal line. 95 minutes into the match, Albino Cugat notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of April 25 SC's Sergio Romero. Sergio Romero was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match was over MACAU. F.C could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than April 25 SC throughout the match.