Official Cup

SPURS FIELD
Spectators: 617 (Terracing: 463, Seating: 142, VIP seats: 12) Alonso Snider made the kick off and thus started the match. Torben Krabber got a throw-in 6 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Williams Imholz. Domingo Chin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nino Schurter in the 9th minute of the match. Rogelio Montez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Domingo Chin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rogelio Montez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Espen Steelers's Ingo Minder got a free kick in the 16th minute. After 16 played minutes, San Antonio HotSPURS's Artemio Norino shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Fabian Honauer came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in San Antonio HotSPURS reached it. Rogelio Montez blasted a shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Domingo Chin having to make a save. In the 18th minute Rogelio Montez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Domingo Chin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 20 minutes into the game, Jarod Davison threw the ball into play from the sideline. Espen Steelers's Raffaelo Berger quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Fabian Honauer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alonso Snider, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. In the 28th minute, Leroy Vega left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The San Antonio HotSPURS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. 32 minutes into the match, San Antonio HotSPURS's goal looked a bit too open when Rogelio Montez came free, but Domingo Chin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in San Antonio HotSPURS's zone, Rogelio Montez stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Domingo Chin came out of the goal and Rogelio Montez tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Rogelio Montez might have been able to make a better finish in the 39th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Domingo Chin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rogelio Montez ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rogelio Montez in the 39th minute of play forced San Antonio HotSPURS's goalkeeper Domingo Chin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 47 minutes into the match, Rogelio Montez had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Domingo Chin. San Antonio HotSPURS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rogelio Montez was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Domingo Chin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rogelio Montez, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Espen Steelers made a substitution. Marco Odermatt replaced Roman Josi. San Antonio HotSPURS's Domingo Chin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save San Antonio HotSPURS from getting a goal against them. 68 minutes into the match, Espen Steelers's Alain Berset sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Domingo Chin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 70th minute Alain Berset shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Domingo Chin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Espen Steelers made a substitution. Roman Beljean replaced Alberto Giacometti. Espen Steelers's Raffaelo Berger managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Max Paquette in the 75 minute of the game. Domingo Chin made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Alain Berset sent off a good shot on target. 81 minutes into the match, San Antonio HotSPURS's goal looked a bit too open when Alain Berset came free, but Domingo Chin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alain Berset in the 82nd minute of play forced San Antonio HotSPURS's goalkeeper Domingo Chin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Espen Steelers's attentive Marco Odermatt managed to snatch the ball when Jarod Davison made a throw-in in the 85th minute of the game. Max Paquette made in the 86th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Espen Steelers's Federico Abud. Fabian Honauer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Micah Alston, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 92 minutes into the game, San Antonio HotSPURS's Micah Alston nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fabian Honauer made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. Alain Berset scored 2-2 in the 97th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Domingo Chin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Neither team could find the winning goal during normal time. The second half finished 2-2. Extra-time would have to be played.

After a rather tough play, San Antonio HotSPURS's Elon-Reeve Musk got a free kick in the 102nd minute. After having played for 103 minutes, Alain Berset managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Espen Steelers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alain Berset was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Micah Alston got free with Fabian Honauer in the 105th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. San Antonio HotSPURS were awarded a corner in the 106th minute after Espen Steelers's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Artemio Norino took the corner. San Antonio HotSPURS's Artemio Norino was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Fabian Honauer in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After some careless play in the San Antonio HotSPURS defense, Alain Berset kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Domingo Chin. The San Antonio HotSPURS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Domingo Chin should have stopped the shot.