Official Cup

Metal Cage!
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Sergio Dennis started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lino Rios in the 5th minute of play forced Metal Juniors's goalkeeper Francisco Nesor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Lino Rios's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Francisco Nesor was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Francisco Nesor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lino Rios, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Sergio Dennis received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Roberto Eztebe came out and tried to block the shot, but Sergio Dennis slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 18th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sergio Dennis got free with Roberto Eztebe in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of AFC FUSION booed when Metal Juniors was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marco Ireno didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lino Rios in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Francisco Nesor saved Metal Juniors from getting behind. Roberto Eztebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sergio Dennis in the 39th minute of the match. After 40 minutes AFC FUSION's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Reinaldo Castro who took care of the corner kick. Francisco Nesor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lino Rios in the 45th minute of the match. Paul Vase made in the 46th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Lino Rios however managed to control. AFC FUSION's Roberto Eztebe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sergio Dennis in the 48th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Lino Rios to strike the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Metal Juniors booed when AFC FUSION was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aureliano Arnau didn't get a good kick on the ball. Roberto Eztebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sergio Dennis in the 54th minute of the match. Francisco Nesor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lino Rios in the 55th minute of the match. In the 57th minute Sergio Dennis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roberto Eztebe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Roberto Eztebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sergio Dennis in the 57th minute of the match. Metal Juniors's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Reinaldo Castro in the 58th minute. The attack was good, but when Nemesio Isusko in the 59th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sergio Dennis in the 70th minute of play forced AFC FUSION's goalkeeper Roberto Eztebe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Francisco Nesor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lino Rios, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Metal Juniors made a substitution. Eloy Gaufred replaced Sergio Dennis. AFC FUSION made a substitution. Kai Havertz replaced Aureliano Arnau. AFC FUSION made a substitution. Christoff Stocks replaced Guido Txindoki. 78 minutes had been played when some careless play by Metal Juniors's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dawid Beckham was slow to take the kick. During this time AFC FUSION's players had a chance to rest. Jan Hop could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but Francisco Nesor made a huge save. Francisco Nesor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jan Hop in the 84th minute of the match. Metal Juniors's Francisco Nesor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jan Hop in the 84th minute of play. If Christoff Stocks had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Francisco Nesor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lino Rios, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. In the 96th minute, Eloy Gaufred made a precise shot to the right of Roberto Eztebe. AFC FUSION's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. AFC FUSION's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.