Official Cup

Socavon Arena
Spectators: 195 (Terracing: 147, Seating: 45, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ermengol Alberete started the match with the kick off. The supporters of Socavon FC booed when Ya Perdimos F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Teemu Kiviharju didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 6th minute, Ermengol Alberete left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Socavon FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Ermengol Alberete might have been able to make a better finish in the 11th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Paulo Duarte. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ermengol Alberete ran back to his position shaking his head. The supporters of Socavon FC booed when Ya Perdimos F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paz Marva didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 16th minute Ermengol Alberete shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paulo Duarte saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 17 minutes Ya Perdimos F.C.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Marquez Dolarea who took care of the corner kick. Zhu Bin Xi made a great header on Socavon FC's corner, it was just that Ya Perdimos F.C.'s Paulo Duarte managed to reach the ball for a save. 22 minutes in the game Álvaro Fonseca did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Faron Castrejana. In the 23rd match minute, Socavon FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zhu Bin Xi to maneuver through the defense. Paulo Duarte made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ermengol Alberete in the 25th minute of play. Paulo Duarte didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ermengol Alberete went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. 33 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ya Perdimos F.C.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Marquez Dolarea was slow to take the kick. During this time Socavon FC's players had a chance to rest. In the 36th minute, Ermengol Alberete reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Paulo Duarte. The goal made the score 3-0. Ermengol Alberete might have been able to make a better finish in the 45th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Paulo Duarte. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ermengol Alberete ran back to his position shaking his head. Paulo Duarte made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ermengol Alberete in the 45th minute of play. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Charro Dieguez to make the kick off. Ermengol Alberete sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Charro Dieguez received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Pes Horna came out and tried to block the shot, but Charro Dieguez slotted it home off the left post making it 4-1 in the 64th minute. Paulo Duarte made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ermengol Alberete in the 70th minute of play. Paulo Duarte didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ermengol Alberete went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 5-1 was the resulting score. Socavon FC made a substitution. Jacindo Oria replaced Thomás Pollack. In the 77th minute Anselmo Bakar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paulo Duarte saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 80 minutes into the match, Anselmo Bakar notched a goal, 6-1, to the right of Ya Perdimos F.C.'s Paulo Duarte. Paulo Duarte was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Paulo Duarte showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anselmo Bakar in the 84th minute of the match. Wiktor Dobilas struck a weak shot in the 89th minute. Paulo Duarte didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Socavon FC. An unexpectedly hard shot by Charro Dieguez in the 92nd minute of play forced Socavon FC's goalkeeper Pes Horna to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paulo Duarte took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anselmo Bakar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Paulo Duarte showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anselmo Bakar, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Socavon FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Ya Perdimos F.C. had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.