Official Cup

Gigante de Phoenix
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The audience was convinced that Frank Thorwart's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Wilbur Hyde was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. Domingo Lopezs short, quick shot in the 15thth minute got Glenn Danzig to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Antoine Chassot struck a weak shot in the 25th minute. Wilbur Hyde didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ☠ Metal Militia ☠. Matthew Medrano kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. A hard shot 36 in the game by Lamar Gallo from a close distance when the talented Glenn Danzig managed to make a qualified save. ☠ Metal Militia ☠'s players were relieved. El Canalla de Chicago's Wilbur Hyde played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nils-Emil Blomkvist in the 39th minute of play. A collision led to El Canalla de Chicago getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Tom Adams hit a great ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Domingo Lopez was the one to do the kick off. In the 56th match minute, ☠ Metal Militia ☠ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cornelius Heck to maneuver through the defense. When Claude Mueller came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the El Canalla de Chicago fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Claude Mueller couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nils-Emil Blomkvist in the 60th minute of play forced El Canalla de Chicago's goalkeeper Wilbur Hyde to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Glenn Danzig showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tom Adams, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Glenn Danzig made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Domingo Lopez in the 65th minute of play. In the 67th minute, Frank Thorwart ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Wilbur Hyde was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. El Canalla de Chicago made a substitution. Justin Raines replaced Tom Adams. El Canalla de Chicago made a substitution. Andreas Sanchez replaced Matthew Medrano. ☠ Metal Militia ☠ made a substitution. Nicko McBrain replaced York Segatz. In the 79th minute, Johnny Ramone reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Wilbur Hyde. The goal made the score 1-3. In the 81st minute, Justin Raines hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Glenn Danzig showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Domingo Lopez in the 83rd minute of the match. When Justin Raines came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the El Canalla de Chicago fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Justin Raines couldn't finish the play. In the 92nd minute Justin Raines shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Glenn Danzig saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Domingo Lopez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Glenn Danzig tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.