Prized/Friendly Cup

EL NATIONAL
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) FC Ouagadougou National's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jeffrey Rits in the 6th minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of T€Tra brick FC's goalie and right to Ief Fondria. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. T€Tra brick FC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Daan Owerckx showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arnaldo Abascal, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. An unexpected shot in the 9th minute by Diego Alaerts got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. A collision led to T€Tra brick FC getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Arnaldo Abascal hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, FC Ouagadougou National's Diego Alaerts got a free kick in the 11th minute. Diego Alaerts came free with the goalkeeper in the 15th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Israel Abancens could save by the left post. 20 minutes into the game, FC Ouagadougou National's Bernt Van Eeckhout nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Israel Abancens made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ief Fondria in the 23rd minute of play forced T€Tra brick FC's goalkeeper Israel Abancens to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Israel Abancens showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adolf Smedts, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Baldomero Rameriz hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. FC Ouagadougou National's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jeffrey Rits in the 34th minute. After a rather tough play, T€Tra brick FC's Baldomero Rameriz got a free kick in the 38th minute. Yvan Fraes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Israel Abancens tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 42nd match minute, FC Ouagadougou National was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diego Alaerts to maneuver through the defense. In the 46th minute, Jeffrey Rits hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Gustavo Heli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Bernabe Ralondo made the kick off in the second half. FC Ouagadougou National's defense didn't have a chance, in the 60th minute, when Eliseo Dominic scored to the left of an out of position Daan Owerckx, making the score, 1-1. Bernt Van Eeckhout received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Israel Abancens tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, T€Tra brick FC's Arnaldo Abascal got a free kick in the 67th minute. Adolf Smedts recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 67th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 71st minute Diego Alaerts shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Israel Abancens saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. T€Tra brick FC's Israel Abancens played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diego Alaerts in the 74th minute of play. In the 76th minute of the match Jeffrey Rits shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Israel Abancens showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 79 minutes, Bernabe Ralondo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the T€Tra brick FC and the FC Ouagadougou National players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 79th match minute, T€Tra brick FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bernabe Ralondo to maneuver through the defense. After 87 minutes of play T€Tra brick FC's Eliseo Dominic was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Israel Abancens didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jeffrey Rits went, in the 88th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The FC Ouagadougou National fans cheered their team off the field, for while T€Tra brick FC had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.