Official Cup

Baltasar Lawrence
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) StraX Xenon FC's Joacim Andersson 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. Pelle Smedfeldt's late challenge caught a Santa Lucia de Merlo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pelle Smedfeldt helped the player get up and apologised. In the 6th minute, Pelle Smedfeldt hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Polo Quinteros recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 7th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 8thth minute of the game Polo Quinteros who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but StraX Xenon FC's Mattias Olofsson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Mattias Olofsson was a little too slow when Polo Quinteros got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 13th minute. The score was now 2-0. Santa Lucia de Merlo's Polo Quinteros got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 19 minutes into the match, Santa Lucia de Merlo's Polo Quinteros sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mattias Olofsson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Polo Quinteros got free with Mattias Olofsson in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A throw-in in the 31st minute of the game was made by Ragnar Runeberg with Tomas Asserlindh as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 32nd match minute, StraX Xenon FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ragnar Runeberg to maneuver through the defense. Mattias Olofsson stood somewhat misplaced when Polo Quinteros came free in front of goal and shot 4-0 to the left of him in the 33 minute. In the 35th minute Tomas Asserlindh shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Florentino Herauso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Florentino Herauso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomas Asserlindh, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the StraX Xenon FC defense, Polo Quinteros kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mattias Olofsson. The StraX Xenon FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mattias Olofsson should have stopped the shot. Bosse Spendrup hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Florentino Herauso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joacim Andersson in the 45th minute of the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 5-0.

Santa Lucia de Merlo's M. Agus Young was substituted for Polo Quinteros. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell M. Agus Young to make the kick off. M. Agus Young sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Mattias Olofsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from M. Agus Young in the 52nd minute of play. Mattias Olofsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from M. Agus Young in the 57th minute of play. Mattias Olofsson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of M. Agus Young's shot from short distance in the 59th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomas Asserlindh got free with Florentino Herauso in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. M. Agus Young sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. StraX Xenon FC's Mattias Olofsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by M. Agus Young in the 63rd minute of play. Jonas Hellqvist received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Florentino Herauso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Santa Lucia de Merlo made a substitution. Aldo Hartz replaced Benjamin Lehoi. Florentino Herauso made an important save on a dangerous shot by Joacim Andersson in the 70th minute. Joacim Andersson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but Florentino Herauso made a huge save. Mattias Olofsson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from M. Agus Young went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. Joacim Andersson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Florentino Herauso made a huge save. When Hernan Louis fell near the penalty area in the 83rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Santa Lucia de Merlo's protests and gave Hernan Louis a yellow card for diving instead. M. Agus Young sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 88 minutes into the match, StraX Xenon FC's goal looked a bit too open when M. Agus Young came free, but Mattias Olofsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mattias Olofsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from M. Agus Young in the 90th minute of play. After some careless play in the StraX Xenon FC defense, M. Agus Young kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mattias Olofsson. The StraX Xenon FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mattias Olofsson should have stopped the shot. For all the effort they put into the match, the StraX Xenon FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Santa Lucia de Merlo.