Official Cup

Araujo
Spectators: 469 (Terracing: 352, Seating: 108, VIP seats: 9) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Vince Easton kicked off to start the match. 9 minutes into the match, THE CRYSTAL SHIP's Sebati Rafih sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fabio Betadur narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Douglas D Agostino's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fabio Betadur was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Douglas D Agostino in the 14th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Fabio Betadur prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Douglas D Agostino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Fabio Betadur took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Douglas D Agostino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 23 minutes LA DEL MONO's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Borys Dudek who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Milan Skriniar managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Fabio Betadur stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sebati Rafih's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. In the 35thth minute of the game Douglas D Agostino who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but LA DEL MONO's Fabio Betadur was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Fabio Betadur stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ricardo Grigore's shot from short distance in the 37th minute. THE CRYSTAL SHIP's Douglas D Agostino got a good chance for a goal in the 41st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Paşa Borlu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vince Easton in the 42nd minute of the match. Douglas D Agostino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 47th minute, Milan Skriniar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 48 minutes, Vince Easton managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. LA DEL MONO's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vince Easton was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Douglas D Agostino to strike the kick off in the second half. With an all-out effort, THE CRYSTAL SHIP's Fabio Betadur threw himself towards the right post 52 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Douglas D Agostino, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Fabio Betadur made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sebati Rafih in the 55th minute. Sebati Rafih fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabio Betadur having to interfere. Fabio Betadur showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sebati Rafih, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. THE CRYSTAL SHIP made a substitution. Octav Milcoveanu replaced Ricardo Grigore. In the 74th minute Vince Easton shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paşa Borlu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With his leg Fabio Betadur managed to avoid a goal in the 87thth minute, when THE CRYSTAL SHIP's Sebati Rafih fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When Higinio Botello fell near the penalty area in the 89th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored LA DEL MONO's protests and gave Higinio Botello a yellow card for diving instead. In the 89th match minute, LA DEL MONO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Higinio Botello to maneuver through the defense. Luca Dănilă blasted a shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Fabio Betadur having to make a save. Fabio Betadur made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luca Dănilă in the 92nd minute of play. 95 minutes into the match, THE CRYSTAL SHIP's goal looked a bit too open when Vince Easton came free, but Paşa Borlu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. LA DEL MONO had won after a very even match.