Official Cup

NAPOLEON
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mattias Svan started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, Freddy Fanuco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 6th minute, Mattias Svan made a precise shot to the right of Leopoldo Lop. GRINGO FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Leopoldo Lop showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mathias Abstreiter in the 12th minute of the match. Leopoldo Lop showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mathias Abstreiter, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabian Polo in the 19th minute of play forced Freestylers's goalkeeper Philipp Schulz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by Freestylers's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Martin Starý was slow to take the kick. During this time GRINGO FC's players had a chance to rest. The corner led to GRINGO FC's Miguel Ángel Colombatti getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Leopoldo Lop showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mattias Svan, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. In the 29th minute Mattias Svan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leopoldo Lop saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Freestylers's Leo Pietro got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Leopoldo Lop didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Freestylers's Mattias Svan shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. When the match had gone on for 35 minutes, Anier Selatse took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Philipp Schulz to make any attempt to save it. Leopoldo Lop made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mattias Svan in the 38th minute of play. In the 39th match minute, GRINGO FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mauricio Rodas to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Musa Bardakçı in the 41st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Leopoldo Lop saved GRINGO FC from getting behind. Leopoldo Lop took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mattias Svan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fabian Polo to make the kick off. Fabian Polo scored 2-4 in the 51st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Philipp Schulz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Freestylers's Philipp Schulz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mauricio Rodas in the 56th minute of play. Leopoldo Lop showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leo Pietro, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leo Pietro in the 61st minute of play forced GRINGO FC's goalkeeper Leopoldo Lop to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 62nd minute Anier Selatse shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Philipp Schulz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 68th minute, Leo Pietro made a precise shot to the right of Leopoldo Lop. GRINGO FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-6. Freestylers made a substitution. Matthias Büssinger replaced Mattias Svan. In the 73rd minute Matthias Büssinger shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leopoldo Lop saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 74 minutes, Leopoldo Lop successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 77th minute, Leo Pietro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Freestylers fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-7. In the 85th minute, Freestylers's Leo Pietro ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Leopoldo Lop. Leopoldo Lop yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-8. With a little luck, GRINGO FC's Leopoldo Lop got control of the ball when Mathias Abstreiter tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Freestylers's Leo Pietro slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Leopoldo Lop. That made the score 2-9 after 91 minutes of play. With his leg Leopoldo Lop managed to avoid a goal in the 94thth minute, when Freestylers's Matthias Büssinger fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Mathias Abstreiter could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 95th minute of the match, but Leopoldo Lop made a huge save. The Freestylers 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.