Prized/Friendly Cup

Estadio da Luz
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jean Britton started the match with the kick off. After 4 played minutes FC Cosula-BTF- got a freekick which was hit by Aron Mitruț. An unexpectedly hard shot by Barış Birsoy in the 4th minute of play forced FC Cosula-BTF-'s goalkeeper Iacob Romeo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the FC Cosula-BTF- defense, Trey Easley kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Iacob Romeo. The FC Cosula-BTF- fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Iacob Romeo should have stopped the shot. In the 11th minute, Jean Britton made a precise shot to the right of Iacob Romeo. FC Cosula-BTF-'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. Aron Mitruț made in the 16th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Manuel Neicu. Iacob Romeo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jean Britton in the 24th minute of the match. After 26 minutes of play, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Jean Britton made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Iacob Romeo was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the match clock showed 29 minutes, the score became 5-0 when Jean Britton sped through FC Cosula-BTF-'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Iacob Romeo. 32 minutes in the game Manuel Neicu did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Aron Mitruț. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Aron Mitruț during the 34th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Sport Lisboa e Benfica booed when FC Cosula-BTF- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aron Mitruț didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jean Britton came free with the goalkeeper in the 35th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Iacob Romeo could save by the left post. The crowd rose to their feet as Jean Britton kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Iacob Romeo. That made the score 6-0 in the 42 minute of play. The throw-in from Manuel Neicu in the 45th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Collin Grimm. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 6-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ciprian Gaiță made a kick off. Jean Britton's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Iacob Romeo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 51st minute of play. In the 54th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Cosula-BTF-'s goalkeeper Iacob Romeo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Iacob Romeo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jean Britton, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Herb Good made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Ciprian Gaiță sent off a good shot on target. Iacob Romeo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jean Britton in the 64th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jean Britton in the 65th minute of play forced FC Cosula-BTF-'s goalkeeper Iacob Romeo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Iacob Romeo came out of the goal in the 67th minute to try and stop a shot by Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Jean Britton. But to his dismay, Jean Britton quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 8-0. Jean Britton took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Iacob Romeo. Iacob Romeo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 9-0. In the 77th minute Du Lei Bin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iacob Romeo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sport Lisboa e Benfica were awarded a corner in the 78th minute after FC Cosula-BTF-'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Barış Birsoy took the corner. In the 80th match minute, FC Cosula-BTF- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sergiu Rădoi to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jean Britton in the 81st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Iacob Romeo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Herb Good took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ciprian Gaiță, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 89th minute Sport Lisboa e Benfica were awarded a corner. Barış Birsoy went to the cornerflag to take it. Manuel Neicu made in the 93rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Collin Grimm. In the 94th minute, Jean Britton made a precise shot to the right of Iacob Romeo. FC Cosula-BTF-'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 10-0. 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. Sport Lisboa e Benfica fully deserved thier win.