Official Cup

☆ Minas Tirith ☆
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Adalberto Ecija took the kick off in the first half of the match. Oddy Kamuche sent away a hard shot on goal in the 2nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anthimos Sofos in the 15th minute of play forced Gondor FC™'s goalkeeper Avraam Bourbos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nedum Odunaro stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Adalberto Ecija's shot from short distance in the 20th minute. Adalberto Ecija might have been able to make a better finish in the 23rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nedum Odunaro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Adalberto Ecija ran back to his position shaking his head. 23 minutes into the match, FC GreenWhiteGreen's goal looked a bit too open when Adalberto Ecija came free, but Nedum Odunaro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Oddy Kamuche missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 27 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Avraam Bourbos right hand side. Avraam Bourbos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eriberto de Castro in the 30th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anthimos Sofos in the 33rd minute of play forced Gondor FC™'s goalkeeper Avraam Bourbos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 35 minutes into the game, Anthimos Sofos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Avraam Bourbos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With his leg Nedum Odunaro managed to avoid a goal in the 40thth minute, when Gondor FC™'s Adalberto Ecija fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Eriberto de Castro kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. In the 46th minute, Lokman Ivanić hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Gondor FC™ made a substitution. Algitas Jokubaitis replaced Adalberto Ecija. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Anthimos Sofos was the one to do the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eriberto de Castro got free with Avraam Bourbos in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 57 minutes of play, Gondor FC™'s Algitas Jokubaitis made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nedum Odunaro was left in no man's land by his defense there! Nedum Odunaro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Algitas Jokubaitis in the 61st minute of play. After a rather tough play, FC GreenWhiteGreen's Anthimos Sofos got a free kick in the 63rd minute. Nedum Odunaro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Algitas Jokubaitis, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Avraam Bourbos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eriberto de Castro in the 66th minute of the match. With a little luck, Gondor FC™'s Avraam Bourbos got control of the ball when Eriberto de Castro tried to sneak it across the goal line. Avraam Bourbos came out of the goal in the 68th minute to try and stop a shot by FC GreenWhiteGreen's Osa Adenuga. But to his dismay, Osa Adenuga quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Nedum Odunaro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Algitas Jokubaitis, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. After some careless play in the FC GreenWhiteGreen defense, Algitas Jokubaitis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nedum Odunaro. The FC GreenWhiteGreen fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nedum Odunaro should have stopped the shot. Nwokeocha Limu kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. Nedum Odunaro stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Algitas Jokubaitis's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. In the 87th minute Algitas Jokubaitis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nedum Odunaro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Avraam Bourbos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anthimos Sofos, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Algitas Jokubaitis in the 96th minute of play forced FC GreenWhiteGreen's goalkeeper Nedum Odunaro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 97th minute, Algitas Jokubaitis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gondor FC™'s supporters rose to their feet, but Algitas Jokubaitis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nedum Odunaro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.