Cup2 Stadium
Spectators: 7550 (Terracing: 5664,
Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Héctor Maralla took the kick off in the first half of the match. Tzanko Papukchiev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ursino Picado having to interfere. Torreoncito's Ursino Picado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tzanko Papukchiev in the 10th minute of play. In the 10th match minute, Cup2 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rusi Elitzin to maneuver through the defense. Martin Kashchiev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Ursino Picado made a huge save. 21 minutes into the game, Tzanko Papukchiev recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Ursino Picado. Tzanko Papukchiev showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-1. 24 minutes into the match, Torreoncito's goalkeeper Ursino Picado had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Galin Hadzhiyski. Dragomir Bivolarski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Selmo Azagra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ursino Picado made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when Galin Hadzhiyski sent off a good shot on target. Dragomir Bivolarski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Selmo Azagra went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. 33 minutes into the match, Torreoncito's goal looked a bit too open when Martin Ødegaard came free, but Ursino Picado reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 34 minutes into the match, Torreoncito's Héctor Maralla sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dragomir Bivolarski narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Galin Hadzhiyski might have been able to make a better finish in the 36th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ursino Picado. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Galin Hadzhiyski ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 39th minute, Ondino Mioño ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dragomir Bivolarski was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. Ursino Picado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martin Ødegaard in the 43rd minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Cup2's Martin Ødegaard slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ursino Picado. That made the score 3-3 after 48 minutes of play. 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 hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Galin Hadzhiyski to strike the kick off in the second half. Ursino Picado took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Galin Hadzhiyski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Noé Avaria kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. In the 60th minute, Martin Kashchiev sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Torreoncito's Ursino Picado didn't even have to move. Argir Tishinov hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Ursino Picado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Galin Hadzhiyski, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Ursino Picado didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Galin Hadzhiyski went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-3 was the resulting score. In the 73rd minute, Erik Vera hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Cup2's Martin Kashchiev tried to score from far away in the 73rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. 75 minutes into the match, Cup2's goal looked a bit too open when Toni Marinovic came free, but Dragomir Bivolarski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Erik Vera's late challenge caught a Cup2's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Erik Vera helped the player get up and apologised. In the 78th match minute, Cup2 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tzanko Papukchiev to maneuver through the defense. Ursino Picado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tzanko Papukchiev in the 80th minute of play. Ursino Picado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martin Ødegaard in the 81st minute of the match. A collision led to Torreoncito getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. David Elguea hit a great ball. Ursino Picado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martin Ødegaard in the 83rd minute of play. In the 85th minute, Martin Kashchiev 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. In the 87th minute, William Saliba hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Erik Vera hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. Ursino Picado came out of the goal in the 92nd minute to try and stop a shot by Cup2's Galin Hadzhiyski. But to his dismay, Galin Hadzhiyski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-3. Boyko Tuevski kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. A long shot from David Elguea in the 96th minute of play was well struck, but Dragomir Bivolarski made a really good save at the right post. 98 minutes into the match, Héctor Maralla had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dragomir Bivolarski. Cup2's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Héctor Maralla was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-4. Cup2 walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.
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