Official Cup

Martin Palermo
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) Baldomiro Quexal started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When Dionisia's Claudio Eneko in the 5th minute got a chance for a shot 5th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Santa Maradona's goalie prevented a goal. Marcial Jeraldo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Cristo Haritz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Arnoldo Lleir's late challenge caught a Dionisia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arnoldo Lleir helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Santa Maradona's Arnoldo Lleir got a free kick in the 7th minute. A collision led to Santa Maradona getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Baldomiro Quexal hit a great ball. Erubiel Herrera sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 21st minute Erubiel Herrera shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristo Haritz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cristo Haritz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Claudio Eneko, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erubiel Herrera in the 26th minute of play forced Santa Maradona's goalkeeper Cristo Haritz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ivan Mercurio during the 30th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ivan Mercurio hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. Claudio Eneko 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. Cristo Haritz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudio Eneko in the 33rd minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Claudio Eneko in the 37th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Cristo Haritz prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 41 minutes, Claudio Eneko made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Santa Maradona's Cristo Haritz tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

After 55 minutes of play, Dionisia's Erubiel Herrera made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cristo Haritz was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 58th minute, Claudio Eneko ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cristo Haritz was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. In the 61st minute, Donato Osasun hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marcial Jeraldo hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudio Eneko in the 67th minute of play forced Santa Maradona's goalkeeper Cristo Haritz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Erubiel Herrera sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marcial Jeraldo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristo Haritz having to interfere. Cristo Haritz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudio Eneko in the 76th minute of the match. If Claudio Eneko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Santa Maradona's defense didn't have a chance, in the 83rd minute, when Paulino Vito scored to the left of an out of position Cristo Haritz, making the score, 0-5. Claudio Eneko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Cristo Haritz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Damian Hibai managed to get in a good position for a shot. Dionisia's supporters rose to their feet, but Damian Hibai was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cristo Haritz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Damian Hibai got free with Cristo Haritz in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Claudio Eneko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The Santa Maradona fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Dionisia were clearly better and deserved to take the win.