Official Cup

Los Mandibosteros
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Deportivo Mandiyu's Zhu Bin Kun 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. In the 4th minute, Kartal Başar ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Roque Narvaja was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 8th minute the ball was on its way in behind Deportivo Mandiyu's goalkeeper Roque Narvaja, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 9th minute of the match Twierdza Osowiec got a corner. Deportivo Mandiyu's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Pepo Orihuela ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 11th minute, Zhu Bin Kun left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Deportivo Mandiyu fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhu Bin Kun in the 14th minute of play forced Twierdza Osowiec's goalkeeper Ricardo Hendrickx to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Feliberto Eyague could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Ricardo Hendrickx made a huge save. Feliberto Eyague's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ricardo Hendrickx read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 18th minute of play. Kartal Başar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Zhu Bin Kun had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kartal Başar in the 22nd minute of play forced Deportivo Mandiyu's goalkeeper Roque Narvaja to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roque Narvaja showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kartal Başar in the 24th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Zhu Bin Kun's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ricardo Hendrickx was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kartal Başar in the 38th minute of play forced Deportivo Mandiyu's goalkeeper Roque Narvaja to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 40 minutes, Mili Martin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Twierdza Osowiec and the Deportivo Mandiyu players grew even worse after the yellow card. Mili Martin hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. In the 46th minute the ball was on its way in behind Twierdza Osowiec's goalkeeper Ricardo Hendrickx, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Kartal Başar was the one to do the kick off. Kartal Başar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 58th minute, Kartal Başar managed to get in a good position for a shot. Twierdza Osowiec's supporters rose to their feet, but Kartal Başar was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Roque Narvaja breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Joannes Leenknecht kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Deportivo Mandiyu's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Pipis Vattimos in the 70th minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Twierdza Osowiec's goalie and right to Zhu Bin Kun. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Twierdza Osowiec's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Deportivo Mandiyu's Roberto Cherro was substituted for Zhu Bin Kun. Joško Van Landschoot's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Roque Narvaja read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 73rd minute of play. In the 75th minute, Kevinn Dolar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kevinn Dolar kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. In the 80th minute of the match Deportivo Mandiyu got a corner. Twierdza Osowiec's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Pipis Vattimos ran over to the corner to take the kick. Pipis Vattimos made a great header on Deportivo Mandiyu's corner, it was just that Twierdza Osowiec's Ricardo Hendrickx managed to reach the ball for a save. 83 minutes into the match, Deportivo Mandiyu's goal looked a bit too open when Joško Van Landschoot came free, but Roque Narvaja reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 85th match minute, Twierdza Osowiec was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joško Van Landschoot to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maximiliano Ibon in the 86th minute of play forced Twierdza Osowiec's goalkeeper Ricardo Hendrickx to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Maximiliano Ibon in the 87th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ricardo Hendrickx saved Twierdza Osowiec from getting behind. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.