Official Cup

Monumental
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) AC Rangers's Wei De Ling started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. An unexpectedly hard shot by Renato Portalupi in the 13th minute of play forced AC Rangers's goalkeeper Rosendo Balesio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 17th match minute, AC Rangers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Richard Barreto to maneuver through the defense. Rosendo Balesio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Renato Portalupi in the 18th minute of the match. Rosendo Balesio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Torrey Molloy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Brujas KV's Petruț Dicu got control of the ball when Wei De Ling tried to sneak it across the goal line. 25 minutes into the match, AC Rangers's goal looked a bit too open when Codruț Domuță came free, but Rosendo Balesio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rosendo Balesio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Codruț Domuță in the 28th minute of the match. Rosendo Balesio stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Israel Otsando's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. Rosendo Balesio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Torrey Molloy, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. The audience was convinced that Codruț Domuță's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rosendo Balesio was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. Rosendo Balesio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edgardo Rozarius in the 37th minute of the match. Israel Otsando sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. AC Rangers's Rosendo Balesio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edgardo Rozarius in the 43rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Codruț Domuță in the 44th minute of play forced AC Rangers's goalkeeper Rosendo Balesio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 45 played minutes AC Rangers got a freekick which was hit by Tihomir Leustek. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Rosendo Balesio stood somewhat misplaced when Codruț Domuță came free in front of goal and shot 1-2 to the left of him in the 55 minute. Clodoveo Neto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Petruț Dicu having to interfere. AC Rangers made a substitution. Amancio Inocente replaced Ezequiel Ilazki. Petruț Dicu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tihomir Leustek, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 66 minutes into the match, AC Rangers's goal looked a bit too open when Conrado Romero came free, but Rosendo Balesio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rosendo Balesio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Codruț Domuță in the 68th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 70th minute, Armando Sotero managed to get in a good position for a shot. AC Rangers's supporters rose to their feet, but Armando Sotero was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Petruț Dicu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Rosendo Balesio made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Renato Portalupi sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Conrado Romero in the 77th minute of play forced AC Rangers's goalkeeper Rosendo Balesio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. AC Rangers's Rosendo Balesio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save AC Rangers from getting a goal against them. Conrado Romero received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Rosendo Balesio came out and tried to block the shot, but Conrado Romero slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 82nd minute. When Wei De Ling fell near the penalty area in the 84th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored AC Rangers's protests and gave Wei De Ling a yellow card for diving instead. Rosendo Balesio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Conrado Romero in the 86th minute of play. Pablo Roso kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. Armando Sotero received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Petruț Dicu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Petruț Dicu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Armando Sotero, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. After 97 minutes, Armando Sotero mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AC Rangers and the Brujas KV players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, AC Rangers's Armando Sotero got a free kick in the 97th minute. The AC Rangers supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Brujas KV's performance. The match ended with a win for Brujas KV.