Prized/Friendly Cup

José Amalfitani
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Salvador Hats started the match with the kick off. Santos Orlan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marinus Westerink in the 9th minute of play. Radul Ranev was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Casimiro Policarpio. Radul Ranev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Salvador Hats in the 16th minute. In the 17th minute Luciano Lauaxeta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santos Orlan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Salvador Hats received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Radul Ranev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 24 played minutes El Fortín de Floresta got a freekick which was hit by Alvino Tinto. In the 24th minute of the match Azghar Sarosh shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Santos Orlan showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Radul Ranev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Delmar Manex, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Dynamo Blitz's Luciano Lauaxeta in the 27th minute got a chance for a shot 27th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye El Fortín de Floresta's goalie prevented a goal. Flavio Luar scored 1-0 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Radul Ranev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, El Fortín de Floresta's Lauras Pukelevičius got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Santos Orlan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luciano Lauaxeta in the 34th minute of the match. Santos Orlan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marinus Westerink in the 36th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ivan Urbez in the 41st minute of play forced El Fortín de Floresta's goalkeeper Santos Orlan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ivan Urbez in the 42nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Santos Orlan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With his leg Radul Ranev managed to avoid a goal in the 43rdth minute, when El Fortín de Floresta's Desiderio Brais fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ivan Urbez stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Delmar Manex sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Radul Ranev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Salvador Hats, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Flavio Luar might have been able to make a better finish in the 61st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Radul Ranev. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Flavio Luar ran back to his position shaking his head. With a little luck, El Fortín de Floresta's Santos Orlan got control of the ball when Luciano Lauaxeta tried to sneak it across the goal line. El Fortín de Floresta's Santos Orlan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ron Rolink in the 64th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eliodor Novăceanu in the 66th minute of play forced El Fortín de Floresta's goalkeeper Santos Orlan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. El Fortín de Floresta's Santos Orlan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save El Fortín de Floresta from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Salvador Hats's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Radul Ranev was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. In the 76th minute, Dynamo Blitz's Ivan Urbez dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. El Fortín de Floresta made a substitution. Lucio Stanislao replaced Desiderio Brais. El Fortín de Floresta's Inocencio Lixandro was substituted for Cristo Orlan. Santos Orlan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marinus Westerink in the 81st minute. El Fortín de Floresta's Santos Orlan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save El Fortín de Floresta from getting a goal against them. Santos Orlan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivan Urbez in the 87th minute of the match. Santos Orlan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ivan Urbez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 88th minute of the match, Ivan Urbez tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Santos Orlan saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 95th minute of the match Dynamo Blitz got a corner. El Fortín de Floresta's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Azghar Sarosh ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Marinus Westerink almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but El Fortín de Floresta's Santos Orlan did a great save.