Prized/Friendly Cup

The Quiver
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Marty Simpson made the kick off which started today's match. 2 minutes into the match, Ballet Azul's goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Grzegorz Piechna. With a little luck, Ballet Azul's José Luis Chilavert got control of the ball when Marty Simpson tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eladio Ulloa in the 5th minute of play forced Arrows Academy FC's goalkeeper Ged Nightingale to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eladio Ulloa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 22nd minute, Damiano Di Rocco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 24 minutes, Eulalio Callejas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ballet Azul's supporters crossed their fingers, but Eulalio Callejas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ballet Azul's José Luis Chilavert proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save Ballet Azul from getting a goal against them. 28 minutes into the match, Ballet Azul's goal looked a bit too open when Marty Simpson came free, but José Luis Chilavert reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Grzegorz Piechna could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but José Luis Chilavert made a huge save. José Luis Chilavert made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marty Simpson in the 33rd minute of play. In the 38th minute Eulalio Callejas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ged Nightingale saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. David Stenkvist could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but José Luis Chilavert made a huge save.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Eulalio Callejas to make the kick off. José Luis Chilavert showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grzegorz Piechna in the 57th minute of the match. 60 minutes into the match, Ballet Azul's goal looked a bit too open when Grzegorz Piechna came free, but José Luis Chilavert reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ballet Azul's José Luis Chilavert played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Grzegorz Piechna in the 63rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Grzegorz Piechna's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but José Luis Chilavert was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. Ged Nightingale showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eladio Ulloa, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. José Luis Chilavert made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marty Simpson in the 70th minute of play. José Luis Chilavert showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David Stenkvist in the 75th minute of the match. Ballet Azul's José Luis Chilavert played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marty Simpson in the 77th minute of play. Ged Nightingale showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eulalio Callejas, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. José Luis Chilavert showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marty Simpson in the 81st minute of the match. The supporters of Arrows Academy FC booed when Ballet Azul was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Waclaw Dombrowski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ged Nightingale made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eladio Ulloa in the 87th minute of play. In the 88th minute of the match Ballet Azul got a corner. Arrows Academy FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Leonel Sánchez ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Ballet Azul's corner Leonel Sánchez fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ged Nightingale quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grzegorz Piechna in the 91st minute of play forced Ballet Azul's goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see Arrows Academy FC lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.