Official Cup

Legend Killer
Spectators: 163 (Terracing: 123, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Rodborough's Dante Hamilton started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romano Gaona in the 3rd minute of play forced Rodborough's goalkeeper Lauder Mclatchey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Ulises Fanjul fell near the penalty area in the 5th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored RKO AFC's protests and gave Ulises Fanjul a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Rodborough booed when RKO AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ulises Fanjul didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 7th minute, Nilson Howarth hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Rodborough's Potter Schutt got a free kick in the 9th minute. When Ulises Fanjul came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the RKO AFC 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 Ulises Fanjul couldn't finish the play. In the 16th match minute, RKO AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guido Ebensperger to maneuver through the defense. 18 minutes into the match, RKO AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Potter Schutt came free, but Poulus Farias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Poulus Farias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Britton Hinwood in the 20th minute of the match. When Ulises Fanjul was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 21 minutes had been played. Dante Hamilton took the ball and in the 23 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Poulus Farias. Poulus Farias dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Poulus Farias stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dante Hamilton's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. Laureano Ferrel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lauder Mclatchey having to interfere. A collision led to RKO AFC getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Roldán Navia hit a great ball. After 36 minutes of play, Rodborough's Potter Schutt made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Poulus Farias was left in no man's land by his defense there! 41 minutes into the match, Rodborough's Dante Hamilton sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Poulus Farias narrowly saved just below the crossbar. RKO AFC's Poulus Farias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Potter Schutt in the 44th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The wind increased when Tamariz Gallardo made the kick off in the second half. Nilson Howarth might have been able to make a better finish in the 53rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Poulus Farias. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nilson Howarth ran back to his position shaking his head. When the match had gone on for 56 minutes, Dante Hamilton took a quick shot and it went in 0-3 without a chance for Poulus Farias to make any attempt to save it. After having played for 61 minutes, Dante Hamilton managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Rodborough's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dante Hamilton was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Laureano Ferrel's late challenge caught a Rodborough's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Laureano Ferrel helped the player get up and apologised. Laureano Ferrel hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. 65 minutes into the match, Rodborough's Alfred Sennett sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Poulus Farias narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 67th minute, Dante Hamilton 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. With a little luck, RKO AFC's Poulus Farias got control of the ball when Dante Hamilton tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 79th minute the ball was on its way in behind RKO AFC's goalkeeper Poulus Farias, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Poulus Farias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dante Hamilton in the 81st minute of the match. 82 minutes into the match, RKO AFC's goalkeeper Poulus Farias had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Britton Hinwood. Russel Boothey hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. Dante Hamilton fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Poulus Farias having to interfere. After 95 played minutes Rodborough got a freekick which was hit by Nilson Howarth. Rodborough played a much better game than RKO AFC and deserved their victory. The RKO AFC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.