Prized/Friendly Cup

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Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sven de Zwaan got the match started through his kick off. Nuralp Akbal could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 2nd minute of the match, but Rigoberto Nazario made a huge save. After 5 minutes of play, Pagos FC's Nuralp Akbal made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rigoberto Nazario was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Francisco Montae had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Francisco Montae received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Rigoberto Nazario tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rigoberto Nazario showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Francisco Montae, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Manuel Campens showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Petruț Fințescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Francisco Montae in the 13th minute of play forced Argentinos Juniors's goalkeeper Rigoberto Nazario to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 14th minute the ball was on its way in behind Argentinos Juniors's goalkeeper Rigoberto Nazario, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Pagos FC's Ionel Mirea was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Rigoberto Nazario in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Pagos FC's Mircea Teodor was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Rigoberto Nazario in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. A collision led to Pagos FC getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Maximilian Carlsson hit a great ball. A nice corner shot did that Leon Richie got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Manuel Campens quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience was convinced that Nuralp Akbal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rigoberto Nazario was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. 42 minutes into the match, Argentinos Juniors's goalkeeper Rigoberto Nazario had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nuralp Akbal. Nuralp Akbal might have been able to make a better finish in the 44th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rigoberto Nazario. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nuralp Akbal ran back to his position shaking his head. 44 minutes into the match, Argentinos Juniors's goalkeeper Rigoberto Nazario had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nuralp Akbal. Nuralp Akbal could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 46th minute of the match, but Rigoberto Nazario made a huge save. Pagos FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Mircea Teodor in the 47th minute. Mircea Teodor made a great header on Pagos FC's corner, it was just that Argentinos Juniors's Rigoberto Nazario managed to reach the ball for a save. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nuralp Akbal made a kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nuralp Akbal in the 51st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rigoberto Nazario prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Nuralp Akbal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rigoberto Nazario having to interfere. Rigoberto Nazario took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ionel Mirea, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 60th minute Nuralp Akbal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rigoberto Nazario saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nuralp Akbal in the 61st minute of play forced Argentinos Juniors's goalkeeper Rigoberto Nazario to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rigoberto Nazario made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nuralp Akbal in the 62nd minute of play. Argentinos Juniors's Rigoberto Nazario played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nuralp Akbal in the 63rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Nuralp Akbal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rigoberto Nazario was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Francisco Montae in the 65th minute of play forced Argentinos Juniors's goalkeeper Rigoberto Nazario to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Manuel Campens made an important save on a dangerous shot by Petruț Fințescu in the 66th minute. Rigoberto Nazario stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nuralp Akbal's shot from short distance in the 68th minute. Pagos FC's Uwe Birmes was substituted for Francisco Montae. Pagos FC's Argyris Panteliadis was substituted for Mjölnir Martelo. In the 71st minute of the match Pagos FC got a corner. Argentinos Juniors's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Mircea Teodor ran over to the corner to take the kick. Argentinos Juniors's Rigoberto Nazario played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ionel Mirea in the 76th minute of play. Rigoberto Nazario came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by Pagos FC's Christos Bartzokas. But to his dismay, Christos Bartzokas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. A sloppy throw-in by Jonny Fingers in the 81st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Pagos FC's Pepe Sabatini. Rigoberto Nazario took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christos Bartzokas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 89th minute, Christos Bartzokas got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When the match clock showed 94 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Christos Bartzokas sped through Argentinos Juniors's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Rigoberto Nazario. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Pagos FC fully deserved thier win.