Prized/Friendly Cup

Enzo Francescoli
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Grabiel Escorcia started the match with the kick off. Minas Makris came free with the goalkeeper in the 4th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Juaneizu Merida could save by the left post. The supporters of Nacional booed when Matheu City FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mariano Egoitz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Matheu City FC's Celedonio Eguen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Grabiel Escorcia in the 6th minute of play. Celedonio Eguen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grabiel Escorcia in the 15th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Grabiel Escorcia's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Celedonio Eguen was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. 22 minutes into the match, Nacional's goal looked a bit too open when Blas Rozarius came free, but Juaneizu Merida reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nacional's Juaneizu Merida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Blas Rozarius in the 23rd minute of play. A nice corner shot did that Ruperto Serafo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Juaneizu Merida quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 31st minute Robinho Salgado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juaneizu Merida saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 33rd minute Grabiel Escorcia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Celedonio Eguen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Grabiel Escorcia recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 33rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Grabiel Escorcia blasted a shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Celedonio Eguen having to make a save. Grabiel Escorcia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Celedonio Eguen having to interfere. After some careless play in the Matheu City FC defense, Grabiel Escorcia kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Celedonio Eguen. The Matheu City FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Celedonio Eguen should have stopped the shot. In the 45th minute, Maximino Lastur hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Xu Sha took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 46th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Celedonio Eguen. Matheu City FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line.

The wind increased when Blas Rozarius made the kick off in the second half. Celedonio Eguen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grabiel Escorcia, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. In the 53rd minute Blas Rozarius shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juaneizu Merida saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Juaneizu Merida showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Blas Rozarius, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Juaneizu Merida took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Minas Makris, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 59th minute Grabiel Escorcia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Celedonio Eguen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 60 minutes, Minas Makris managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Matheu City FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Minas Makris was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Nacional's Walme Yurre was substituted for Mendiko Bueres. The audience was convinced that Grabiel Escorcia's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Celedonio Eguen was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Grabiel Escorcia got free with Celedonio Eguen in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 68th minute Nacional were awarded a corner. Xu Sha went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Xu Sha got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Celedonio Eguen quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 77th minute Robinho Salgado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juaneizu Merida saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Celedonio Eguen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grabiel Escorcia in the 79th minute of play. Juaneizu Merida made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robinho Salgado in the 83rd minute of play. Juaneizu Merida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Minas Makris in the 85th minute of the match.