Official Cup

ESQUIU FC
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Deportivo Diamante U18's Conrado Maiorga 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. After a defensive mix-up in ESQUIU FC's zone, Laureano Mitxaut stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Isidro Pacho came out of the goal and Laureano Mitxaut tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Victor Favila showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian-Gustavo Leiva, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Victor Favila showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mehmet Efe Keşif in the 7th minute of the match. In the 10th minute, Leo Giro made a precise shot to the right of Isidro Pacho. ESQUIU FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. When Deportivo Diamante U18's Conrado Maiorga in the 14th minute got a chance for a shot 14th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ESQUIU FC's goalie prevented a goal. Victor Favila showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian-Gustavo Leiva, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. In the 19th minute Conrado Maiorga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Isidro Pacho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in ESQUIU FC's zone, Diego Milito stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Isidro Pacho came out of the goal and Diego Milito tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Victor Favila made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Cristian-Gustavo Leiva sent off a good shot on target. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by Deportivo Diamante U18's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Victorio Honrio was slow to take the kick. During this time ESQUIU FC's players had a chance to rest. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dario Abastas in the 41st minute of play forced ESQUIU FC's goalkeeper Isidro Pacho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Victor Favila came out of the goal in the 43rd minute to try and stop a shot by ESQUIU FC's Cui Gang Qiang. But to his dismay, Cui Gang Qiang quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. ESQUIU FC's Isidro Pacho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valentin Matei in the 47th minute of play. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Victor Favila showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luis Imperiale in the 53rd minute of the match. The supporters of Deportivo Diamante U18 booed when ESQUIU FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristian-Gustavo Leiva didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mehmet Efe Keşif in the 61st minute of play forced Deportivo Diamante U18's goalkeeper Victor Favila to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Deportivo Diamante U18's Victor Favila played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cui Gang Qiang in the 65th minute of play. The supporters of ESQUIU FC booed when Deportivo Diamante U18 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lucio Diegotxe didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, ESQUIU FC's Isidro Pacho got control of the ball when Conrado Maiorga tried to sneak it across the goal line. ESQUIU FC made a substitution. Ildefonso Ilixo replaced Justo Jurdan. After a rather tough play, Deportivo Diamante U18's Lucio Diegotxe got a free kick in the 79th minute. Victor Favila took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mehmet Efe Keşif, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Deportivo Diamante U18 getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Reynaldo Acuña hit a great ball. Mehmet Efe Keşif's late challenge caught a Deportivo Diamante U18's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mehmet Efe Keşif helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, ESQUIU FC's Mehmet Efe Keşif got a free kick in the 88th minute. After some careless play in the Deportivo Diamante U18 defense, Cristian-Gustavo Leiva kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Victor Favila. The Deportivo Diamante U18 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Victor Favila should have stopped the shot. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.