Official Cup

Memorial La Camorra
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Hans Otterlei made the kick off which started today's match. Hans Otterlei's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Angelo Urtsua read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 4th minute of play. 10 minutes into the match, Caballeritos del Baile's goalkeeper Angelo Urtsua had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hans Otterlei. In the 12th minute, Arnulfo Txanton hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, La Cosa Nostra's Abelardo Alvarez got a free kick in the 14th minute. 29 minutes into the match, La Cosa Nostra's goal looked a bit too open when Victor Bakar came free, but Joel Delfino reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Caballeritos del Baile's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Marcin Kawa in the 31st minute. After taking down the ball on Caballeritos del Baile's corner Marcin Kawa fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Joel Delfino quite easily take care of the ball. Angelo Urtsua made a fantastic save in the 32nd minute, when Hans Otterlei sent off a good shot on target. Arnulfo Txanton made in the 35th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Victor Bakar immediately put the ball in play. In the 39th minute, Hans Otterlei made a precise shot to the right of Angelo Urtsua. Caballeritos del Baile's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. The audience was convinced that Hans Otterlei's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Angelo Urtsua was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. Joel Delfino didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Victor Bakar went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Victor Bakar was the one to do the kick off. Hans Otterlei's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Angelo Urtsua read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 52nd minute of play. 55 minutes into the game, Enrique Txindoki threw the ball into play from the sideline. La Cosa Nostra's Sergio Martxel quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 62 minutes into the game, Sergio Martxel threw the ball into play from the sideline. Caballeritos del Baile's Rene Crescencio quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. When Luisito Gaizkine fell near the penalty area in the 63rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Caballeritos del Baile's protests and gave Luisito Gaizkine a yellow card for diving instead. If Hans Otterlei had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. La Cosa Nostra made a substitution. Marciano Bizen replaced Hans Otterlei. 70 minutes into the match, Caballeritos del Baile's goal looked a bit too open when He Jing Zhen came free, but Angelo Urtsua reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 73rd minute He Jing Zhen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Angelo Urtsua saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Angelo Urtsua showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Steve Hodge, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Caballeritos del Baile:s Angelo Urtsua showed great skill when he stopped Grigoriy Medved:s penalty. After some careless play in the Caballeritos del Baile defense, Marciano Bizen kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Angelo Urtsua. The Caballeritos del Baile fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Angelo Urtsua should have stopped the shot. In the 92nd minute, He Jing Zhen got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marciano Bizen in the 94th minute of play forced Caballeritos del Baile's goalkeeper Angelo Urtsua to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Angelo Urtsua showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marciano Bizen, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. After a rather tough play, Caballeritos del Baile's Victor Bakar got a free kick in the 97th minute. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. La Cosa Nostra had played much better football throughout.