Official Cup

Ilba Sports Center
Spectators: 170 (Terracing: 128, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Erwin-Alexander Verduyckt got the match started through his kick off. Iosif Puric made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jiang Bang Zhi in the 5th minute. 7 minutes into the match, MXM Squad NS ★DAC★'s goal looked a bit too open when Erwin-Alexander Verduyckt came free, but Horea Botgros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Peng Xi Bin got free with Iosif Puric in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 9 minutes had been played when some careless play by Manchester United's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Peng Xi Bin was slow to take the kick. During this time MXM Squad NS ★DAC★'s players had a chance to rest. The corner led MXM Squad NS ★DAC★'s Peng Xi Bin to fire away a dangerous shot which Iosif Puric despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jiang Bang Zhi in the 12th minute of play forced Manchester United's goalkeeper Iosif Puric to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Horea Botgros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erwin-Alexander Verduyckt, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. In the 20th minute Erwin-Alexander Verduyckt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Horea Botgros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Virgil Ghițulescu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Virgil Ghițulescu in the 25th minute of play forced Manchester United's goalkeeper Iosif Puric to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 27th minute Domenec Torrent shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iosif Puric saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. MXM Squad NS ★DAC★'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Peng Xi Bin in the 41st minute. The corner led MXM Squad NS ★DAC★'s Virgil Ghițulescu to fire away a dangerous shot which Iosif Puric despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Iosif Puric showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Peng Xi Bin, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Cacá Pirani hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. Manchester United's defense didn't have a chance, in the 48th minute, when Domenec Torrent scored to the left of an out of position Iosif Puric, making the score, 3-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Domenec Torrent stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Virgil Ghițulescu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Iosif Puric was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Peng Xi Bin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 58th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Iosif Puric made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Virgil Ghițulescu in the 60th minute of play. Iosif Puric showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peng Xi Bin in the 61st minute of the match. Horea Botgros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Giannis Bezos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Virgil Ghițulescu in the 63rd minute of play forced Manchester United's goalkeeper Iosif Puric to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Virgil Ghițulescu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 65th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Giannis Bezos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 68 minutes into the match, Manchester United's goal looked a bit too open when Peng Xi Bin came free, but Iosif Puric reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Domenec Torrent's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Iosif Puric read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 73rd minute of play. 74 minutes had been played when some careless play by Manchester United's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Peng Xi Bin was slow to take the kick. During this time MXM Squad NS ★DAC★'s players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Jiang Bang Zhi almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Manchester United's Iosif Puric did a great save. In the 78th minute Virgil Ghițulescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iosif Puric saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Iosif Puric stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Peng Xi Bin's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. The audience was convinced that Peng Xi Bin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Iosif Puric was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. Manchester United's Iosif Puric played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Virgil Ghițulescu in the 84th minute of play. If Peng Xi Bin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 87th minute Peng Xi Bin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iosif Puric saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 87 minutes into the match, Manchester United's goal looked a bit too open when Virgil Ghițulescu came free, but Iosif Puric reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Domenec Torrent struck a weak shot in the 92nd minute. Iosif Puric didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for MXM Squad NS ★DAC★. A collision led to Manchester United getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Kosmas Simertzidis hit a great ball. After 98 played minutes Manchester United got a freekick which was hit by Stelios Panousis. Manchester United's Iosif Puric played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Peng Xi Bin in the 100th minute of play. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. MXM Squad NS ★DAC★ fully deserved thier win.