Prized/Friendly Cup

Iván Elías Moreno
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Enrique Cassaretto started the match with the kick off. Evtim Kúrdzhev hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Zigmantas Gimbutas hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. With his leg Laçın Cumayev managed to avoid a goal in the 16thth minute, when CD Municipal's Enrique Cassaretto fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 19th minute of the match, Evtim Kúrdzhev tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Laçın Cumayev saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Zigmantas Gimbutas struck a weak shot in the 21st minute. George Forsyth didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SC Braga. Laçın Cumayev was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Enrique Cassaretto showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 30 minute of play. SC Braga's attentive Valdomiro Lira managed to snatch the ball when Călin Morovan made a throw-in in the 33rd minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Enrique Cassaretto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Laçın Cumayev was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. In the 45th minute, Amado Parente hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zigmantas Gimbutas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Laçın Cumayev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Enrique Cassaretto in the 53rd minute of play. In the 54th minute, Enrique Cassaretto left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The CD Municipal fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. The supporters of CD Municipal booed when SC Braga was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amado Parente didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 58th minute, Enrique Cassaretto ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Laçın Cumayev was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. SC Braga made a substitution. Yang Sang Yang replaced Valdomiro Lira. CD Municipal's Oalo Dean was substituted for Zlatan Molina. SC Braga made a substitution. Geraldo Lucas replaced André Jordão. Stig-Åke Mattsson received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. George Forsyth came out and tried to block the shot, but Stig-Åke Mattsson slotted it home off the left post making it 3-1 in the 81st minute. CD Municipal's George Forsyth played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stig-Åke Mattsson in the 84th minute of play. SC Braga's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Benjamin de Lara in the 86th minute. Benjamin de Lara made a great header on SC Braga's corner, it was just that CD Municipal's George Forsyth managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 95th minute of the game Edelmiro Moise made a throw-in which Ryota Miyagi played forward. 96 minutes into the match, SC Braga's goal looked a bit too open when Oalo Dean came free, but Laçın Cumayev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. CD Municipal were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of SC Braga for a fine match.