Official Cup

Coliseo
Spectators: 165 (Terracing: 124, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) Espen Steelers's Philipp Junod 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. Lino Lluis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Andre Zurbuchen made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Espen Steelers's Sebastian Zberg got a free kick in the 7th minute. After recieving a nice pass, C.A.P.J.'s Alfredo Frederik tried to score from far away in the 7th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 11th minute Espen Steelers were awarded a corner. Kenan Vinciguerra went to the cornerflag to take it. C.A.P.J.'s Alfredo Frederik shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 15th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Andre Zurbuchen but with some difficulty. An unexpectedly hard shot by Freeman Mächler in the 17th minute of play forced C.A.P.J.'s goalkeeper Narciso Montel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Espen Steelers's Kenan Vinciguerra got a free kick in the 17th minute. Narciso Montel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Freeman Mächler, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Narciso Montel came out of the goal in the 23rd minute to try and stop a shot by Espen Steelers's Philipp Junod. But to his dismay, Philipp Junod quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. In the 27th minute Hans Pasquino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Narciso Montel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 29 minutes, Geronimo Marques mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the C.A.P.J. and the Espen Steelers players grew even worse after the yellow card. Geronimo Marques kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. After having played for 30 minutes, Philipp Junod managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Espen Steelers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Philipp Junod was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 31st match minute, Espen Steelers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hans Pasquino to maneuver through the defense. Alfredo Frederik took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 32nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Andre Zurbuchen. Espen Steelers's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 37 minutes into the game, Freeman Mächler cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Narciso Montel was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 41stth minute of the game Freeman Mächler who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but C.A.P.J.'s Narciso Montel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 42nd minute, Philipp Junod ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Narciso Montel was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Narciso Montel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Freeman Mächler in the 45th minute of the match. In the 47th minute, Hubert Gartenmann got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Lino Lluis to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Hubert Gartenmann hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Espen Steelers's Andre Zurbuchen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eloy Maria in the 52nd minute of play. 54 minutes into the match, C.A.P.J.'s goal looked a bit too open when Philipp Junod came free, but Narciso Montel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 55th match minute, C.A.P.J. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eloy Maria to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Freeman Mächler got free with Narciso Montel in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 58 minutes into the match, C.A.P.J.'s goalkeeper Narciso Montel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kenan Vinciguerra. 59 minutes into the match, C.A.P.J.'s goal looked a bit too open when Kenan Vinciguerra came free, but Narciso Montel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Narciso Montel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Freeman Mächler, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Espen Steelers made a substitution. Geordi Gerig replaced Philipp Junod. Geordi Gerig received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Narciso Montel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 73 minutes into the match, C.A.P.J.'s goal looked a bit too open when Freeman Mächler came free, but Narciso Montel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 74 minutes, Eloy Maria mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the C.A.P.J. and the Espen Steelers players grew even worse after the yellow card. Harrison Muntwyler could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but Narciso Montel made a huge save. Narciso Montel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Freeman Mächler in the 77th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hans Pasquino got free with Narciso Montel in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to C.A.P.J. getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Geronimo Marques hit a great ball. Narciso Montel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Geordi Gerig, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 84 minutes into the game, Espen Steelers's Freeman Mächler nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Narciso Montel made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. The crowd rose to their feet as Geordi Gerig kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Narciso Montel. That made the score 0-6 in the 87 minute of play. C.A.P.J.'s Narciso Montel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save C.A.P.J. from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in Espen Steelers's zone, Eloy Maria stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Andre Zurbuchen came out of the goal and Eloy Maria tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The C.A.P.J. fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Espen Steelers were clearly better and deserved to take the win.