Official Cup

Gamms Stadium
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Marcelo Abastas started the match with the kick off. 7 minutes into the match, Arrecifes's Igor Emmanuel sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Francis Calmes narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Francis Calmes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Igor Emmanuel's shot from short distance in the 10th minute. After 12 minutes of play, Arrecifes's Igor Emmanuel made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Francis Calmes was left in no man's land by his defense there! Isidro Omero's late challenge caught a 『盛世メ名門』Panda Warrior's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Isidro Omero helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of 『盛世メ名門』Panda Warrior booed when Arrecifes was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Isidro Omero didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 16th minute, Arnaud Jardin 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. 18 minutes into the match, Igor Emmanuel had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Francis Calmes. 『盛世メ名門』Panda Warrior's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Igor Emmanuel was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. In the 20th match minute, 『盛世メ名門』Panda Warrior was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aziz Le Grand to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 33 minutes, Igor Emmanuel managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Arrecifes's supporters crossed their fingers, but Igor Emmanuel was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 34 minutes of play, Arrecifes's Marcelo Abastas made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Francis Calmes was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Igor Emmanuel managed to get in a good position for a shot. Arrecifes's supporters rose to their feet, but Igor Emmanuel was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Francis Calmes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Igor Emmanuel came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the Arrecifes fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Igor Emmanuel couldn't finish the play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Arnaud Jardin to strike the kick off in the second half. After 54th play minutes Igor Emmanuel shot 0-4, a short shot which went by Francis Calmes and just under the crossbar into goal. When Aziz Le Grand was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 59 minutes had been played. Aziz Le Grand hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Igor Emmanuel kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. In the 70th minute Igor Emmanuel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Francis Calmes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 72nd minute, one of 『盛世メ名門』Panda Warrior:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for 『盛世メ名門』Panda Warrior. Igor Emmanuel's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Francis Calmes read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 81st minute of play. In the 86th minute Igor Emmanuel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Francis Calmes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 88th minute, Igor Emmanuel 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. When Igor Emmanuel came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the Arrecifes fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Igor Emmanuel couldn't finish the play. The 『盛世メ名門』Panda Warrior supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Arrecifes's performance. The match ended with a win for Arrecifes.