Official Cup

Duff Stadium
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Egun Galan took the kick off in the first half of the match. Thanks to some nice moves Egun Galan could shoot a difficult shot in the 4th minute, which Atahan Kutbay however easily saved by the left post. 5 minutes had been played when some careless play by -BZF- Petrolul Berca's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gilen Martioda was slow to take the kick. During this time AFC United's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on AFC United's corner Goren Cabañas fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Atahan Kutbay quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shi Jing Feng in the 6th minute of play forced AFC United's goalkeeper Cisco Rubial to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Atahan Kutbay made a fantastic save in the 11th minute, when Gilen Martioda sent off a good shot on target. Cisco Rubial showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Shi Jing Feng, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Atahan Kutbay made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gilen Martioda in the 23rd minute. Emanuel Petrică kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. In the 30th match minute, AFC United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jhonny Evans to maneuver through the defense. Cisco Rubial came out of the goal in the 31st minute to try and stop a shot by -BZF- Petrolul Berca's Ronaldinho Marioara. But to his dismay, Ronaldinho Marioara quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Cisco Rubial stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Shi Jing Feng's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. If Shi Jing Feng had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Daniel Stoian fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cisco Rubial having to interfere. 45 minutes into the game, -BZF- Petrolul Berca's Charalambos Vokolos nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Cisco Rubial made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. After the first half -BZF- Petrolul Berca were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Albertinho Alagoano to make the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nicky Butt during the 50th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to AFC United getting a freekick after 50 minutes play. Nicky Butt hit a great ball. Alberto Alda charged in rather forcefully in the 52nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alberto Alda the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 52 played minutes AFC United got a freekick which was hit by Alberto Alda. In the 54th minute, one of AFC United: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 AFC United. AFC United:s Cisco Rubial showed great skill when he stopped Antonio Olivieri:s penalty. 56 minutes into the match, Antonio Olivieri had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cisco Rubial. AFC United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Antonio Olivieri was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Ronaldinho Marioara hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. With a little luck, AFC United's Cisco Rubial got control of the ball when Charalambos Vokolos tried to sneak it across the goal line. Albertinho Alagoano who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 69thth minute tested the skills of Cisco Rubial when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Matthew Vall hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. When %teams%'s Albertinho Alagoano was free in front of goal, he didn't hesitate to shoot 0-4 just inside the left pole, 75 minutes into the game. Cisco Rubial was annoyed at himself for letting in the shot. 78 minutes into the match, AFC United's goal looked a bit too open when Shi Jing Feng came free, but Cisco Rubial reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 85 minutes into the match, Basarab Stanciu notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of AFC United's Cisco Rubial. Cisco Rubial was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 90 minutes, Aristides Belandia mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AFC United and the -BZF- Petrolul Berca players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 91st match minute, AFC United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aristides Belandia to maneuver through the defense. In the 92nd minute Antonio Olivieri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cisco Rubial saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. -BZF- Petrolul Berca's Zhang Liang Liang got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Albertinho Alagoano got free with Cisco Rubial in the 97th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the final whistle sounded -BZF- Petrolul Berca left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than AFC United.