Official Cup

Dario Insua
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Rudolf Björk started the match with the kick off. Eriberto Che could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Mikael Hård made a huge save. In the 4th minute, Melquiades Dolcet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Karl-Ove Hedberg, 4 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Eduardo Shantala kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. 11 minutes into the match, Rudolf Björk had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Faustino Azevedo. Azulgranas AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rudolf Björk was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 14th minute Rudolf Björk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Faustino Azevedo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 15 minutes into the match, Azulgranas AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Örjan Lindmark came free, but Faustino Azevedo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Meadow Village were awarded a corner in the 17th minute after Azulgranas AFC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Karl-Ove Hedberg took the corner. In the 20th minute of the match Meadow Village got a corner. Azulgranas AFC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Karl-Ove Hedberg ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Karl-Ove Hedberg got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Faustino Azevedo quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. With an all-out effort, Azulgranas AFC's Mikael Hård threw himself towards the right post 24 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Casimiro Alfonso, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Faustino Azevedo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Örjan Lindmark in the 26th minute of play. If Rudolf Björk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Casimiro Alfonso sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 39 played minutes Azulgranas AFC got a freekick which was hit by Eriberto Che. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Emanuel Alströmmer during the 41st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 41st minute, Emanuel Alströmmer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 42nd minute, Orvar Lundgren 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. If Örjan Lindmark had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gavino Terciero to strike the kick off in the second half. Faustino Azevedo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Örjan Lindmark in the 51st minute of play. Örjan Lindmark hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. After 55 played minutes Meadow Village got a freekick which was hit by Emanuel Alströmmer. In the 62nd minute, Casimiro Alfonso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Faustino Azevedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Örjan Lindmark, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Rudolf Björk could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Faustino Azevedo made a huge save. Through an outstanding action, after 65 minutes, Faustino Azevedo successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Azulgranas AFC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 68th minute, when Örjan Lindmark scored to the left of an out of position Faustino Azevedo, making the score, 0-2. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Zeledon Soter during the 73rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 74 played minutes Azulgranas AFC got a freekick which was hit by Zeledon Soter. Rudolf Björks short, quick shot in the 77thth minute got Faustino Azevedo to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Casimiro Alfonso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mikael Hård having to interfere. Azulgranas AFC's Faustino Azevedo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save Azulgranas AFC from getting a goal against them. Casimiro Alfonso's late challenge caught a Meadow Village's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Casimiro Alfonso helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Azulgranas AFC's Casimiro Alfonso got a free kick in the 85th minute. Faustino Azevedo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Örjan Lindmark, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Faustino Azevedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Örjan Lindmark, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. In the last second Faustino Azevedo throw himself and got hold of the ball when Örjan Lindmark in the 88thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. When Rudolf Björk came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the Meadow Village fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Rudolf Björk couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Azulgranas AFC's Gavino Terciero got a free kick in the 92nd minute.