Official Cup

Darcy Ribeiro
Spectators: 178 (Terracing: 134, Seating: 41, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Svetozar Petrusevski kicked off to start the match. In the 10thth minute of the game Riste Lazarevski who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Clube Audax Metropolitano's Pedro Rangel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 10 minutes, Riste Lazarevski put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Pedro Rangel. Wonderkids's Emil Nikoloski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hugo Calderona in the 13th minute of play. Wonderkids's Emil Nikoloski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save Wonderkids from getting a goal against them. Riste Lazarevski hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. In the 25th minute Yuri Djorkaeff shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emil Nikoloski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Emil Nikoloski was a little too slow when Alix Vance got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 27th minute. The score was now 1-2. Emil Nikoloski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hugo Calderona, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Pedro Rangel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anísio Maia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Wonderkids getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Edgar Wahlnäs hit a great ball. In the 36th minute of the match Wiliam Martins shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Emil Nikoloski showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Svetozar Petrusevski in the 40th minute of play forced Clube Audax Metropolitano's goalkeeper Pedro Rangel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 41st minute, Andon Mihailovski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 42 minutes into the match, Hugo Calderona notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Wonderkids's Emil Nikoloski. Emil Nikoloski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 2-2 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alix Vance to make the kick off. In the 54th minute, Filip Makedonski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Svetozar Petrusevski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 64 minutes into the match, Wonderkids's Filip Makedonski sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pedro Rangel narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filip Makedonski in the 65th minute of play forced Clube Audax Metropolitano's goalkeeper Pedro Rangel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Clube Audax Metropolitano's Pedro Rangel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save Clube Audax Metropolitano from getting a goal against them. After 74 played minutes Wonderkids got a freekick which was hit by Vegim Cvetkovski. Emil Nikoloski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hugo Calderona in the 75th minute of the match. 78 minutes into the game, Svetozar Petrusevski was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Wonderkids's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Clube Audax Metropolitano the free kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hugo Calderona in the 79th minute of play forced Wonderkids's goalkeeper Emil Nikoloski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 85thth minute of the game Yuri Djorkaeff who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Wonderkids's Emil Nikoloski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Emil Nikoloski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alix Vance, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Brock Weller kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.