Official Cup

Estadio Aroeira
Spectators: 574 (Terracing: 431, Seating: 132, VIP seats: 11) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cai Yuan Yuan got the match started through his kick off. Albino Brion scored 0-1 in the 5th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pankracy Zajonc, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. MZ Fénix's Pankracy Zajonc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Indiana Jones in the 9th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Los Hijos de Doña Beija's zone, Florin Dragușin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Higinio Aguilera came out of the goal and Florin Dragușin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 22nd minute Jyrki Sillanpää shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pankracy Zajonc saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Los Hijos de Doña Beija's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Feliciano Haritzeder in the 23rd minute. Los Hijos de Doña Beija's Albino Brion was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Pankracy Zajonc in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The throw-in from Andrea Pirlo in the 25th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by MZ Fénix's Vladimiro Granja. In the 28th minute of the match MZ Fénix got a corner. Los Hijos de Doña Beija's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Aras Görkem Kaymaz ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Aras Görkem Kaymaz got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Higinio Aguilera quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. MZ Fénix's Pankracy Zajonc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jyrki Sillanpää in the 30th minute of play. In the 30thth minute of the game Jyrki Sillanpää who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but MZ Fénix's Pankracy Zajonc was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Pankracy Zajonc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jyrki Sillanpää in the 34th minute of play. Pankracy Zajonc took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jyrki Sillanpää, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 39th minute, Cai Yuan Yuan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The MZ Fénix fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. With 43 minutes on the clock, Nicolas Balsemão commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After 42 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for MZ Fénix! Pankracy Zajonc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jyrki Sillanpää in the 46th minute of the match.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jérémy Doku stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Higinio Aguilera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cai Yuan Yuan, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. In the 56th minute, Feliciano Haritzeder 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. Los Hijos de Doña Beija made a substitution. Timoteo Gartxot replaced Indiana Jones. 59 minutes into the match, Los Hijos de Doña Beija's goal looked a bit too open when Cai Yuan Yuan came free, but Higinio Aguilera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Argi Casta hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. 61 minutes into the match, MZ Fénix's Cai Yuan Yuan sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Higinio Aguilera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Basilio Ovando kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. In the 64th minute, Basilio Ovando hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cai Yuan Yuan's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Higinio Aguilera read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 70th minute of play. Pankracy Zajonc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jyrki Sillanpää in the 72nd minute of the match. Hu Xiong Zhen kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. After 79 played minutes Los Hijos de Doña Beija got a freekick which was hit by Aaron Cresitobalo. 86 minutes into the match, MZ Fénix's goal looked a bit too open when Jérémy Doku came free, but Pankracy Zajonc reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With an all-out effort, Los Hijos de Doña Beija's Pankracy Zajonc threw himself towards the right post 87 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Jérémy Doku, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Pankracy Zajonc made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Timoteo Gartxot sent off a good shot on target. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jérémy Doku in the 89th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Pankracy Zajonc saved MZ Fénix from getting behind. In the 90th play minute Timoteo Gartxot came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Pankracy Zajonc. 1-2.

When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Los Hijos de Doña Beija had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.