Official Cup

Alvin Laliberté
Spectators: 1759 (Terracing: 1320, Seating: 404, VIP seats: 35) 孔竞坤 made the kick off and thus started the match. Alianza FC's Anders Gade proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Alianza FC from getting a goal against them. In the 7th match minute, Real Marabino was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Baldomiro Negroni to maneuver through the defense. After 11 minutes of play, Alianza FC's Marin Ciprian made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Merexildo Esoin was left in no man's land by his defense there! 18 minutes into the game, Alianza FC's Marin Ciprian nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Merexildo Esoin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. After 21 played minutes Alianza FC got a freekick which was hit by Marin Ciprian. Merexildo Esoin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bernardino Ascargorta, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Marin Ciprian in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Merexildo Esoin saved Real Marabino from getting behind. When the match clock showed 32 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Marin Ciprian sped through Real Marabino's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Merexildo Esoin. Bernardino Ascargorta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Merexildo Esoin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 37 played minutes Real Marabino got a freekick which was hit by Xaime Ezguerra. Benedicto Gayferos was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 38th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Marin Ciprian sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 41 minutes into the match, Alianza FC's goal looked a bit too open when Alexander Trasatti came free, but Anders Gade reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Real Marabino players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Alianza FC were winning 0-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Marin Ciprian to make the kick off. Lucio Oquendo hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. Real Marabino's Merexildo Esoin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Real Marabino from getting a goal against them. 57 minutes into the match, 孔竞坤 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Anders Gade. Alianza FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 孔竞坤 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bernardino Ascargorta got free with Merexildo Esoin in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Anders Gade showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexander Trasatti in the 69th minute of the match. Merexildo Esoin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bernardino Ascargorta in the 73rd minute of play. Cordara Herbon could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but Merexildo Esoin made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Baldomiro Negroni in the 79th minute of play forced Alianza FC's goalkeeper Anders Gade to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Xaime Ezguerra hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. The supporters of Alianza FC booed when Real Marabino was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Xaime Ezguerra didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, Real Marabino's Merexildo Esoin got control of the ball when Bernardino Ascargorta tried to sneak it across the goal line. Anders Gade showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 孔竞坤 in the 87th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexander Trasatti in the 89th minute of play forced Alianza FC's goalkeeper Anders Gade to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 91st minute Bernardino Ascargorta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Merexildo Esoin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Merexildo Esoin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cordara Herbon in the 93rd minute of the match. When the final whistle sounded Alianza FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Real Marabino.