Prized/Friendly Cup

Stadio Virgiliano
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ferruccio Scevola started the match with the kick off. After 5 minutes, Lázaro Osasun mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Monte Hermoso Beach and the SSC Meno Male players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 6th match minute, Monte Hermoso Beach was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lázaro Osasun to maneuver through the defense. Gaston Venceslao took the ball and in the 12 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eloy Raymundo. Eloy Raymundo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Eloy Raymundo was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ferruccio Scevola showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 15 minute of play. In the 17th minute, Gaston Venceslao made a precise shot to the right of Eloy Raymundo. Monte Hermoso Beach's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. Eloy Raymundo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gaston Venceslao in the 22nd minute of the match. Eloy Raymundo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ferruccio Scevola in the 23rd minute of play. Eloy Raymundo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gaston Venceslao, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Emanuel Obafuso succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 7-0 in the 32nd playminute. Monte Hermoso Beach's Eloy Raymundo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diego Maio in the 35th minute of play. Gaston Venceslao received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Eloy Raymundo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eloy Raymundo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emanuel Obafuso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ferruccio Scevola might have been able to make a better finish in the 39th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Eloy Raymundo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ferruccio Scevola ran back to his position shaking his head. 45 minutes into the match, Monte Hermoso Beach's goalkeeper Eloy Raymundo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gaston Venceslao. In the 46th minute Ferruccio Scevola shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eloy Raymundo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferruccio Scevola in the 47th minute of play forced Monte Hermoso Beach's goalkeeper Eloy Raymundo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Benedicto Endura to make the kick off. In the 54th minute, Gaston Venceslao made a precise shot to the right of Eloy Raymundo. Monte Hermoso Beach's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 8-0. During the 57th minute of the match Lázaro Osasun completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Lázaro Osasun a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 58th match minute, Monte Hermoso Beach was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lázaro Osasun to maneuver through the defense. Eloy Raymundo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diego Maio, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. After 65 minutes of play, SSC Meno Male's Ferruccio Scevola made it 10-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eloy Raymundo was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ferruccio Scevola in the 68th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eloy Raymundo saved Monte Hermoso Beach from getting behind. After 70 minutes, Ferruccio Scevola made it 11-0 with a short kick to the right side. Monte Hermoso Beach's Eloy Raymundo tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 73rd minute, Ferruccio Scevola ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eloy Raymundo was frozen by the shot and now it was 12-0. After some careless play in the Monte Hermoso Beach defense, Ferruccio Scevola kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eloy Raymundo. The Monte Hermoso Beach fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eloy Raymundo should have stopped the shot. In the 82nd minute, Emanuel Obafuso left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SSC Meno Male fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 14-0. Eloy Raymundo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Diego Maio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eloy Raymundo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emanuel Obafuso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 96 minutes into the match, Monte Hermoso Beach's goal looked a bit too open when Emanuel Obafuso came free, but Eloy Raymundo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. SSC Meno Male had played much better football throughout.