Official Cup

Furianopolis
Spectators: 144 (Terracing: 109, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jeronimo Errapel made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rdth minute of the game Elpidio Gonzales who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SOUTH THUNDER's Sebastian Xabier was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. TEMPLE F.C.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Feliciano Salomon in the 5th minute. Baskın Nihat took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sebastian Xabier. Sebastian Xabier dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. In the 20th match minute, SOUTH THUNDER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bonifacio Arias to maneuver through the defense. Sebastian Xabier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Baskın Nihat in the 22nd minute of the match. Rodolfo Ricart came out of the goal in the 24th minute to try and stop a shot by SOUTH THUNDER's Augusto Procopio. But to his dismay, Augusto Procopio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Augusto Procopio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rodolfo Ricart having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Baskın Nihat in the 30th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sebastian Xabier prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 39 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for SOUTH THUNDER! Sebastian Xabier took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Baskın Nihat, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bonifacio Arias in the 43rd minute of play forced TEMPLE F.C.'s goalkeeper Rodolfo Ricart to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 44 played minutes SOUTH THUNDER got a freekick which was hit by Augusto Procopio. Sebastian Xabier showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Baskın Nihat, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Baskın Nihat made the kick off in the second half. Sebastian Xabier stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Elpidio Gonzales's shot from short distance in the 56th minute. Elpidio Gonzales made a great header on TEMPLE F.C.'s corner, it was just that SOUTH THUNDER's Sebastian Xabier managed to reach the ball for a save. A collision led to SOUTH THUNDER getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Jeronimo Errapel hit a great ball. TEMPLE F.C. made a substitution. Karl-Magnus Rolandsson replaced Elpidio Gonzales. In the 73rd minute, Karl-Magnus Rolandsson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The TEMPLE F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. The audience was convinced that Baskın Nihat's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sebastian Xabier was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. In the 78th minute of the match TEMPLE F.C. got a corner. SOUTH THUNDER's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Feliciano Salomon ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on TEMPLE F.C.'s corner Feliciano Salomon fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Sebastian Xabier quite easily take care of the ball. 81 minutes into the match, TEMPLE F.C.'s Baskın Nihat sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sebastian Xabier narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Sebastian Xabier showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karl-Magnus Rolandsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. In the 90th minute Karl-Magnus Rolandsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sebastian Xabier saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jeronimo Errapel struck a weak shot in the 91st minute. Rodolfo Ricart didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SOUTH THUNDER. After a rather tough play, SOUTH THUNDER's Jeronimo Errapel got a free kick in the 96th minute. SOUTH THUNDER's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.