Official Cup

Milo Joyce Memorial
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Gonçalo Freire kicked off to start the match. Gonçalo Freire fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Chase Palacios having to interfere. BUITRES II's Chase Palacios played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Douglas Costa in the 11th minute of play. Bola Toro hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. 15 minutes into the game, BENFICA UNITED's Douglas Costa nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Chase Palacios made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Douglas Costa took the ball and in the 19 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Chase Palacios. Chase Palacios dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. In the 23rd minute Gonçalo Freire shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chase Palacios saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bola Toro hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Chase Palacios showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ignacio Ioritz in the 30th minute of the match. Chase Palacios came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by BENFICA UNITED's 周常昆. But to his dismay, 周常昆 quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gonçalo Freire in the 37th minute of play forced BUITRES II's goalkeeper Chase Palacios to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 38 minutes of play, BENFICA UNITED's Ignacio Ioritz made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Chase Palacios was left in no man's land by his defense there! Chase Palacios made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gonçalo Freire in the 42nd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Allen Salinas got free with Tomé Soveral in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Douglas Costa in the 46th minute of play forced BUITRES II's goalkeeper Chase Palacios to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 48th minute, Ignacio Ioritz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The BENFICA UNITED fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Allen Salinas to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Douglas Costa in the 55th minute of play forced BUITRES II's goalkeeper Chase Palacios to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Allen Salinas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Tomé Soveral tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 65 minutes into the game, BENFICA UNITED's 周常昆 nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Chase Palacios made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-8. 68 minutes into the game, Douglas Costa recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Chase Palacios. Douglas Costa showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-9. In the 77th minute, Douglas Costa 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. In the 79th match minute, BENFICA UNITED was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zé Augusto Soares to maneuver through the defense. Sandy Currie kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. 84 minutes into the match, BUITRES II's goal looked a bit too open when Gonçalo Freire came free, but Chase Palacios reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ignacio Ioritz in the 85th minute of play forced BUITRES II's goalkeeper Chase Palacios to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 88 minutes into the match, 周常昆 notched a goal, 0-11, to the right of BUITRES II's Chase Palacios. Chase Palacios was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 92 minutes into the game, Mór Cilia was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. BUITRES II's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave BENFICA UNITED the free kick. After 92 played minutes BUITRES II got a freekick which was hit by Mór Cilia. 周常昆's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Chase Palacios firmly grabbed it by the left post. After some careless play in the BUITRES II defense, 周常昆 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Chase Palacios. The BUITRES II fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Chase Palacios should have stopped the shot. When the final whistle sounded BENFICA UNITED left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than BUITRES II.