Official Cup

LA BRANCANERA
Spectators: 477 (Terracing: 359, Seating: 109, VIP seats: 9) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Hans Otterlei got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd match minute, El Branca del Vieja was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gualterio Peli to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of El Branca del Vieja booed when La Cosa Nostra was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joel Suarez didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 9 played minutes El Branca del Vieja got a freekick which was hit by Gualterio Peli. Tsinamdzghvrishvili Brzęczyszczykiewicz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hans Otterlei, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 12 minutes into the match, La Cosa Nostra's goalkeeper Joel Delfino had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mauro Milano. Mauro Milano spun around in front of the goal 12 minutes in the game and got away a good shot, but Joel Delfino grabbed the ball before it went up in top right corner. Gualterio Peli made in the 14th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by La Cosa Nostra's Joel Suarez. 16 minutes into the match, La Cosa Nostra's goal looked a bit too open when Yetkin Emek came free, but Joel Delfino reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 18th minute, Wilfredo Laffitte hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 23 minutes of play, La Cosa Nostra's Hans Otterlei made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tsinamdzghvrishvili Brzęczyszczykiewicz was left in no man's land by his defense there! Tsinamdzghvrishvili Brzęczyszczykiewicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hans Otterlei in the 30th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hans Otterlei in the 33rd minute of play forced El Branca del Vieja's goalkeeper Tsinamdzghvrishvili Brzęczyszczykiewicz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 40th minute, Hans Otterlei hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 42nd minute the ball was on its way in behind El Branca del Vieja's goalkeeper Tsinamdzghvrishvili Brzęczyszczykiewicz, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. La Cosa Nostra's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Arnaldo Perpinya in the 44th minute. The corner led La Cosa Nostra's Arnaldo Perpinya to fire away a dangerous shot which Tsinamdzghvrishvili Brzęczyszczykiewicz despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After having played for 46 minutes, Benjamin Rafel managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. La Cosa Nostra's supporters crossed their fingers, but Benjamin Rafel was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.

El Branca del Vieja's Lei Xiao Jian was substituted for Filiberto Benitez. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Yetkin Emek stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd match minute, El Branca del Vieja was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mauro Milano to maneuver through the defense. Hans Otterlei scored 0-3 in the 62nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tsinamdzghvrishvili Brzęczyszczykiewicz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. La Cosa Nostra made a substitution. Bartolo Nesor replaced Arnaldo Perpinya. Honorio Arce made in the 69th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Yetkin Emek. 70 minutes into the match, El Branca del Vieja's goalkeeper Tsinamdzghvrishvili Brzęczyszczykiewicz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marciano Bizen. In the 75th minute, Marciano Bizen ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tsinamdzghvrishvili Brzęczyszczykiewicz was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. If Yetkin Emek had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. La Cosa Nostra's Joel Delfino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mauro Milano in the 81st minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in El Branca del Vieja's zone, Marciano Bizen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tsinamdzghvrishvili Brzęczyszczykiewicz came out of the goal and Marciano Bizen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. El Branca del Vieja made a substitution. Mikael Hammarbäck replaced Yetkin Emek. In the 85th minute, Steve Hodge hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. El Branca del Vieja's Tsinamdzghvrishvili Brzęczyszczykiewicz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marciano Bizen in the 91st minute of play. Tsinamdzghvrishvili Brzęczyszczykiewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marciano Bizen in the 94th minute of play. Marciano Bizen took the ball and in the 97 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tsinamdzghvrishvili Brzęczyszczykiewicz. Tsinamdzghvrishvili Brzęczyszczykiewicz dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5.

La Cosa Nostra's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.