Prized/Friendly Cup

Milo Joyce Memorial
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Svend Betz took the kick off in the first half of the match. Ye Wei was a little too slow when Xavier Salazar got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 4th minute. The score was now 1-0. FSX UNITED's Ye Wei proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save FSX UNITED from getting a goal against them. Aldo Benvenuto made in the 8th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by LOS BUITRES's Carl Åberg. Truman Harrington made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Svend Betz in the 10th minute of play. After 11 minutes LOS BUITRES's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Karl-Åke Kvist who took care of the corner kick. 13 minutes into the match, LOS BUITRES's goal looked a bit too open when Svend Betz came free, but Truman Harrington reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Truman Harrington stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Svend Betz's shot from short distance in the 17th minute. When the match had gone on for 21 minutes, Svend Betz put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Truman Harrington. Karl-Åke Kvist fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Truman Harrington having to interfere. Truman Harrington didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Svend Betz went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Truman Harrington showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Svend Betz, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Evelio Matetich sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Svend Betz struck a weak shot in the 39th minute. Truman Harrington didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FSX UNITED. In the 43rd minute, Svend Betz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Truman Harrington was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. Thanks to some nice moves Xavier Salazar could shoot a difficult shot in the 46th minute, which Ye Wei however easily saved by the left post. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

In the 51st match minute, FSX UNITED was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Liu Peng Cheng to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lv Zhou in the 52nd minute of play forced FSX UNITED's goalkeeper Ye Wei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Laurence Suggs made in the 54th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Christian Kellbom. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Lv Zhou in the 56th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ye Wei prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Lv Zhou's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ye Wei was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. 59 minutes into the match, FSX UNITED's Svend Betz sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Truman Harrington narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 61st minute Xavier Salazar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ye Wei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 62 played minutes LOS BUITRES got a freekick which was hit by Laurence Suggs. In the 63rd match minute, LOS BUITRES was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Laurence Suggs to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amancio Baesler in the 69th minute of play forced LOS BUITRES's goalkeeper Truman Harrington to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 70th minute Lv Zhou shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ye Wei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Truman Harrington made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcelo Salas in the 71st minute of play. With an all-out effort, FSX UNITED's Truman Harrington threw himself towards the right post 73 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Marcelo Salas, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 77 minutes of play, LOS BUITRES's Lv Zhou made it 2-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ye Wei was left in no man's land by his defense there! LOS BUITRES's Fan Xiang Kuan was substituted for Xavier Salazar. LOS BUITRES's Gustav Bjørslev was substituted for Carl Åberg. With a little luck, LOS BUITRES's Truman Harrington got control of the ball when Amancio Baesler tried to sneak it across the goal line. FSX UNITED's attack was well implemented in the 89th minute, but when Amancio Baesler was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. The LOS BUITRES fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. FSX UNITED were clearly better and deserved to take the win.