Official Cup

Asunción
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Humberto Escobar started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Vilmar Heidemann blasted a shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Juan Benavides having to make a save. Juan Benavides took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vilmar Heidemann, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonidas Alejo in the 6th minute of play forced Made in Paraguay's goalkeeper Oscar Cordoba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Humberto Escobar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Oscar Cordoba was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. 14 minutes into the game, Vilmar Heidemann cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Juan Benavides was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Vilmar Heidemann could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 20th minute of the match, but Juan Benavides made a huge save. Oscar Cordoba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martín Ulloa in the 22nd minute of the match. The supporters of ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ booed when Made in Paraguay was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Loramendi Moldes didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Made in Paraguay's Vilmar Heidemann slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Juan Benavides. That made the score 2-0 after 26 minutes of play. Humberto Escobar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 33rd minute Martín Ulloa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oscar Cordoba saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 35 minutes into the game, Vilmar Heidemann cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Juan Benavides was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Luiz Fernando de Lara made in the 38th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Made in Paraguay's Rafinha Brasil. In the 39thth minute of the game Vilmar Heidemann who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Juan Benavides was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 46 minutes into the match, Made in Paraguay's goal looked a bit too open when Humberto Escobar came free, but Oscar Cordoba reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 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.

Vilmar Heidemann took the ball and in the 51 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Juan Benavides. Juan Benavides dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. Made in Paraguay were awarded a corner in the 60th minute after ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Arne Iten took the corner. Arne Iten made a great header on Made in Paraguay's corner, it was just that ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Juan Benavides managed to reach the ball for a save. With a little luck, Made in Paraguay's Oscar Cordoba got control of the ball when Humberto Escobar tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martín Ulloa in the 67th minute of play forced Made in Paraguay's goalkeeper Oscar Cordoba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Oscar Cordoba showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martín Ulloa, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Vilmar Heidemann's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Juan Benavides read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 70th minute of play. Loramendi Moldes hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. The supporters of ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ booed when Made in Paraguay was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Loramendi Moldes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Oscar Cordoba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonidas Alejo in the 75th minute of the match. Juan Benavides showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vilmar Heidemann in the 78th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Oscar Cordoba threw himself towards the right post 82 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Humberto Escobar, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonidas Alejo in the 87th minute of play forced Made in Paraguay's goalkeeper Oscar Cordoba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Made in Paraguay's Agostinho Madureira got a free kick in the 89th minute. In the 90th minute of the match Giancarlo Mora sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Oscar Cordoba skillfully saved the ball. When Vilmar Heidemann came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the Made in Paraguay 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 Vilmar Heidemann couldn't finish the play. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Made in Paraguay had won, even though ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ had held more of the ball.