Official Cup

Emaηski Arena
Spectators: 187 (Terracing: 141, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) Deng Chang Xu made the kick off and thus started the match. The supporters of Emaηski F.C Reborη booed when La Primera Barra 1968 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pavel Trifan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fernando Llorian took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Deng Chang Xu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Deng Chang Xu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 6 minutes into the match, La Primera Barra 1968's goalkeeper Fernando Llorian had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Deng Chang Xu. A collision led to Emaηski F.C Reborη getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Thomas Steffens hit a great ball. Emaηski F.C Reborη's Budisav Mićunović quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Santxo Guazo, made in the 20th minute of the game. Fernando Llorian took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Deng Chang Xu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Emaηski F.C Reborη's Jairo Hurko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Beto Alonzo in the 27th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Deng Chang Xu in the 30th minute of play forced La Primera Barra 1968's goalkeeper Fernando Llorian to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Deng Chang Xu in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fernando Llorian saved La Primera Barra 1968 from getting behind. Emaηski F.C Reborη's attentive Budisav Mićunović managed to snatch the ball when Santxo Guazo made a throw-in in the 35th minute of the game. Jean Simão hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. 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. Beto Alonzo was the one to do the kick off. Deng Chang Xu took the ball and in the 52 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fernando Llorian. Fernando Llorian dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Fernando Llorian showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Deng Chang Xu in the 55th minute of the match. In the 55th minute, Deng Chang Xu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fernando Llorian was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. La Primera Barra 1968's attentive Santxo Guazo managed to snatch the ball when Budisav Mićunović made a throw-in in the 58th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Deng Chang Xu in the 61st minute of play forced La Primera Barra 1968's goalkeeper Fernando Llorian to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 61 minutes of play, Emaηski F.C Reborη's Deng Chang Xu made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fernando Llorian was left in no man's land by his defense there! Brendon Cole's late challenge caught a La Primera Barra 1968's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Brendon Cole helped the player get up and apologised. Brendon Cole kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. La Primera Barra 1968's Israel Cloyo was substituted for Jean Simão. La Primera Barra 1968's Cristian Abecia was substituted for Beto Alonzo. After 68 played minutes Emaηski F.C Reborη got a freekick which was hit by Brendon Cole. In the 69th minute Santxo Guazo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jairo Hurko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 71st match minute, Emaηski F.C Reborη was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Russ Trusswell to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Emaηski F.C Reborη's Russ Trusswell got a free kick in the 72nd minute. La Primera Barra 1968's Cristian Abecia was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 73rd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Michael Boy's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Fernando Llorian read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 76th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ramon Wanchope got free with Jairo Hurko in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Michael Boy's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fernando Llorian was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. With a little luck, Emaηski F.C Reborη's Jairo Hurko got control of the ball when Cristian Abecia tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 82nd minute Michael Boy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fernando Llorian saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 86 minutes into the game, Cristian Abecia cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-2. Jairo Hurko was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Fernando Llorian didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Michael Boy went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-2 was the resulting score. La Primera Barra 1968's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.