Official Cup

Dionisio Fernanco
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Gavino Fagondo made the kick off and thus started the match. Abelardo Cristofor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dwight Schrute in the 4th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Sportivo Ben Hur defense, Dwight Schrute kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Abelardo Cristofor. The Sportivo Ben Hur fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Abelardo Cristofor should have stopped the shot. In the 8th minute Michael Scott shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abelardo Cristofor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Flashdynamica's Michael Scott got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Sportivo Ben Hur's zone, Dries Aalst stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Abelardo Cristofor came out of the goal and Dries Aalst tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some careless play in the Sportivo Ben Hur defense, Dwight Schrute kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Abelardo Cristofor. The Sportivo Ben Hur fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Abelardo Cristofor should have stopped the shot. Michael Scott sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Sportivo Ben Hur getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Gavino Fagondo hit a great ball. Robbie Senden showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gavino Fagondo, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Andy Bernard's late challenge caught a Sportivo Ben Hur's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Andy Bernard helped the player get up and apologised. Andy Bernard hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. After 42 minutes, Xavi Simons mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Flashdynamica and the Sportivo Ben Hur players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 42nd minute, Xavi Simons hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Andy Bernard was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 43 minutes into the match. After 43 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Flashdynamica! Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Michael Scott made a kick off. Abelardo Cristofor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dries Aalst, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Robbie Senden came out of the goal in the 58th minute to try and stop a shot by Sportivo Ben Hur's Gavino Fagondo. But to his dismay, Gavino Fagondo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. Robbie Senden took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jimeno Lizbeth, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 62 minutes into the game, Sportivo Ben Hur's Jimeno Lizbeth nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Robbie Senden made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-3. In the 65th match minute, Flashdynamica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jacob Geerds to maneuver through the defense. 68 minutes into the match, Flashdynamica's goal looked a bit too open when Gavino Fagondo came free, but Robbie Senden reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Flashdynamica's Robbie Senden played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gavino Fagondo in the 68th minute of play. 72 minutes into the match, Sportivo Ben Hur's goal looked a bit too open when Xavi Simons came free, but Abelardo Cristofor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 80th minute, Jimeno Lizbeth left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sportivo Ben Hur fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-3. Abelardo Cristofor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dries Aalst, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Jimeno Lizbeth scored 6-3 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Robbie Senden, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 95th minute the ball was on its way in behind Sportivo Ben Hur's goalkeeper Abelardo Cristofor, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The Sportivo Ben Hur support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.