Official Cup

Céu Trovejante
Spectators: 496 (Terracing: 373, Seating: 114, VIP seats: 9) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gianpaolo Lovera made the kick off which started today's match. In the 6th minute, Tim Klack hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Carlos Leão, 6 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. Andoni Zubizarreta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gianpaolo Lovera, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Xander Goos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Slavyan Mechkuev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. GARGOYLES's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Naycho Dotzov in the 11th minute. At last the ball reached Tim Klack at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Tarrasque Voador F.C.. 0-1. Xander Goos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Naycho Dotzov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 18 minutes into the match, Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s Emanuel Leite sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Andoni Zubizarreta narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Xander Goos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antonio Sciotto, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Xander Goos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valko Nanyov in the 23rd minute of the match. Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s Xander Goos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ignacio Alvarez in the 26th minute of play. 27 minutes had been played when some careless play by Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Naycho Dotzov was slow to take the kick. During this time GARGOYLES's players had a chance to rest. With a little luck, GARGOYLES's Andoni Zubizarreta got control of the ball when Emanuel Leite tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by 李永乐 Appleton in the 32nd minute of play forced Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s goalkeeper Xander Goos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 36 minutes into the match, Slavyan Mechkuev had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Xander Goos. Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Slavyan Mechkuev was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Xander Goos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ignacio Alvarez's shot from short distance in the 44th minute. Slavyan Mechkuev recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 46th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ignacio Alvarez to make the kick off. 56 minutes into the match, GARGOYLES's goal looked a bit too open when Emanuel Leite came free, but Andoni Zubizarreta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 58 minutes, Xander Goos successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Ignacio Alvarez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Xander Goos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s Nicklas Lindström was substituted for Artur de Andrade. A hard shot 67 in the game by Ignacio Alvarez from a close distance when the talented Xander Goos managed to make a qualified save. Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s players were relieved. Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s attentive Raphael Veiga managed to snatch the ball when Antoni Proshev made a throw-in in the 75th minute of the game. Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s Emanuel Leite got a good chance for a goal in the 76th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Andoni Zubizarreta stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gianpaolo Lovera's shot from short distance in the 81st minute. Gianpaolo Lovera recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 85th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Tarrasque Voador F.C. getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Gianpaolo Lovera hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valko Nanyov in the 92nd minute of play forced Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s goalkeeper Xander Goos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Andoni Zubizarreta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dráusio Albuquerque, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The GARGOYLES players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.