Official Cup

Cocodrilo Park
Spectators: 1981 (Terracing: 1486, Seating: 456, VIP seats: 39) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Amadeo Gonchan started the match with the kick off. Chen Chen Xiang's late challenge caught a PANTHER BLUE's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Chen Chen Xiang helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, ⓁⒺⒼⒾⒶ•Ⓖ - ⒻⒻⒽ's Chen Chen Xiang got a free kick in the 4th minute. ⓁⒺⒼⒾⒶ•Ⓖ - ⒻⒻⒽ's attentive William Baiano managed to snatch the ball when Ion Gómez made a throw-in in the 6th minute of the game. In the 7th match minute, ⓁⒺⒼⒾⒶ•Ⓖ - ⒻⒻⒽ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amadeo Gonchan to maneuver through the defense. Ion Gómez made in the 9th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Dennis Mata immediately put the ball in play. If Abílio Brochado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Roberto Benat made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abílio Brochado in the 12th minute. Roberto Benat made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abílio Brochado in the 16th minute. After a rather tough play, ⓁⒺⒼⒾⒶ•Ⓖ - ⒻⒻⒽ's Kauã Fonseca got a free kick in the 17th minute. 21 minutes into the match, PANTHER BLUE's goal looked a bit too open when Abílio Brochado came free, but Roberto Benat reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as ⓁⒺⒼⒾⒶ•Ⓖ - ⒻⒻⒽ's Abílio Brochado slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Roberto Benat. That made the score 1-0 after 24 minutes of play. PANTHER BLUE's Ion Gómez managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Mădălin Badea in the 30 minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Abílio Brochado in the 32nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Roberto Benat prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 36 minutes into the match, ⓁⒺⒼⒾⒶ•Ⓖ - ⒻⒻⒽ's goal looked a bit too open when Dennis Mata came free, but Laureano Jakue reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abílio Brochado got free with Roberto Benat in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. PANTHER BLUE's Roberto Benat played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abílio Brochado in the 42nd minute of play. In the 44thth minute of the game Dennis Mata who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ⓁⒺⒼⒾⒶ•Ⓖ - ⒻⒻⒽ's Laureano Jakue was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 47 played minutes, PANTHER BLUE's Ion Gómez shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Laureano Jakue came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in PANTHER BLUE reached it. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Dennis Mata made a kick off. After some careless play in the PANTHER BLUE defense, Abílio Brochado kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Roberto Benat. The PANTHER BLUE fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Roberto Benat should have stopped the shot. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Abílio Brochado in the 62nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Roberto Benat prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Abílio Brochado might have been able to make a better finish in the 65th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Roberto Benat. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Abílio Brochado ran back to his position shaking his head. When the match clock showed 67 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Abílio Brochado sped through PANTHER BLUE's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Roberto Benat. PANTHER BLUE's Gonzalo Garita was substituted for Dan Săvescu. In the 71st minute Abílio Brochado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roberto Benat saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Telo Cabada charged in rather forcefully in the 73rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Telo Cabada the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 73rd match minute, PANTHER BLUE was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Telo Cabada to maneuver through the defense. Roberto Benat made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abílio Brochado in the 76th minute of play. Laureano Jakue took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alfonso Molina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfonso Molina in the 78th minute of play forced ⓁⒺⒼⒾⒶ•Ⓖ - ⒻⒻⒽ's goalkeeper Laureano Jakue to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roberto Benat made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amadeo Gonchan in the 79th minute of play. In the 80th minute ⓁⒺⒼⒾⒶ•Ⓖ - ⒻⒻⒽ were awarded a corner. Lars-Erik Månsson went to the cornerflag to take it. Shawn Guerrero was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. After some careless play in the PANTHER BLUE defense, Abílio Brochado kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Roberto Benat. The PANTHER BLUE fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Roberto Benat should have stopped the shot. In the 89thth minute of the game Abílio Brochado who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but PANTHER BLUE's Roberto Benat was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Roberto Benat made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abílio Brochado in the 93rd minute of play. In the 94thth minute of the game Abílio Brochado who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but PANTHER BLUE's Roberto Benat was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. ⓁⒺⒼⒾⒶ•Ⓖ - ⒻⒻⒽ's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.