Official Cup

LA BRANCANERA
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Celso Cruz kicked off to start the match. Urko FC's Sebastián Torrico proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Urko FC from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, El Branca del Vieja's Silverio Tuste got a free kick in the 14th minute. Urko FC's Celso Cruz got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A sloppy throw-in by Augusto Aguirre in the 22nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by El Branca del Vieja's Faustino Maura. Taribo Ndukwe made in the 23rd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Antonio Arnas immediately put the ball in play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Silverio Tuste in the 25th minute of play forced Urko FC's goalkeeper Sebastián Torrico to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 31 minutes into the match, El Branca del Vieja's goal looked a bit too open when Celso Cruz came free, but Aras Sophian reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. El Branca del Vieja's Aras Sophian played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Celso Cruz in the 33rd minute of play. El Branca del Vieja's Aras Sophian played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Celso Cruz in the 38th minute of play. In the 40th minute, Celso Cruz made a precise shot to the right of Aras Sophian. El Branca del Vieja's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Celso Cruz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Aras Sophian tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Taribo Ndukwe kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. After the first half Urko FC were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Silverio Tuste made the kick off in the second half. El Branca del Vieja's Faustino Maura quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Taribo Ndukwe, made in the 55th minute of the game. Sebastián Torrico made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Silverio Tuste in the 56th minute of play. Christiaan Romero hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. In the 65th minute the ball was on its way in behind Urko FC's goalkeeper Sebastián Torrico, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 68th minute, Filomeno Kauldi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Urko FC made a substitution. Igor Baudelio replaced Filomeno Kauldi. In the 69th match minute, Urko FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Filomeno Kauldi to maneuver through the defense. El Branca del Vieja's attentive Faustino Maura managed to snatch the ball when Taribo Ndukwe made a throw-in in the 78th minute of the game. A throw-in in the 79th minute of the game was made by Taribo Ndukwe with Arrosko Lechem as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Aras Sophian made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arrosko Lechem in the 82nd minute of play. 84 minutes into the match, El Branca del Vieja's goalkeeper Aras Sophian had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Denis Alonso. El Branca del Vieja made a substitution. Leonel Cordara replaced Bengt-Arne Bäckman. In the 86th minute of the match Urko FC got a corner. El Branca del Vieja's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Andrew Robertson ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Andrew Robertson got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Aras Sophian quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Aras Sophian was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Denis Alonso showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-3 in the 96 minute of play. When the final whistle sounded Urko FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than El Branca del Vieja.