Official Cup

Monumental Arena
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) John McInroy started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Gerson Cardoso could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Mark Day made a huge save. When the match clock showed 5 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Arévalo Miñaca sped through Chelsea Headhunters's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Mark Day. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Arévalo Miñaca in the 8th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mark Day prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Arévalo Miñaca in the 13thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Mark Day, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. When the match had gone on for 18 minutes, Arévalo Miñaca put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Mark Day. Arévalo Miñaca received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Mark Day came out and tried to block the shot, but Arévalo Miñaca slotted it home off the left post making it 3-1 in the 22nd minute. Mark Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arévalo Miñaca in the 26th minute. 27 minutes into the match, Barcelona de América's goal looked a bit too open when Terence Whyte came free, but Fabio Marines reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fabio Marines showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Terence Whyte in the 34th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Arévalo Miñaca put it in 5-1 from a short distance just to the right of Mark Day. Arévalo Miñaca might have been able to make a better finish in the 41st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mark Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Arévalo Miñaca ran back to his position shaking his head. Chico Abouza hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jérémy Sarmiento to strike the kick off in the second half. Mark Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arévalo Miñaca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arévalo Miñaca might have been able to make a better finish in the 56th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mark Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Arévalo Miñaca ran back to his position shaking his head. Mark Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arévalo Miñaca, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Mark Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arévalo Miñaca, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. In the 63rd minute Shane McSwen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabio Marines saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jérémy Sarmiento fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mark Day having to interfere. Tom Taggart hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Mark Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jérémy Sarmiento, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. 71 minutes into the match, Arévalo Miñaca had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mark Day. Chelsea Headhunters's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arévalo Miñaca was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-1. A collision led to Barcelona de América getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Willem Pacho hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arévalo Miñaca in the 80th minute of play forced Chelsea Headhunters's goalkeeper Mark Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mark Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jérémy Sarmiento in the 83rd minute of play. Mark Day stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jérémy Sarmiento's shot from short distance in the 85th minute. Arévalo Miñaca might have been able to make a better finish in the 86th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mark Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Arévalo Miñaca ran back to his position shaking his head. Mark Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arévalo Miñaca, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. In the 90th minute Barcelona de América were awarded a corner. Félix Torres went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Félix Torres got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Mark Day quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Barcelona de América's Elias Villon was substituted for Jérémy Sarmiento. In the 93rd minute, Félix Torres hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. For all the effort they put into the match, the Chelsea Headhunters players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Barcelona de América.