Prized/Friendly Cup

Quenequero
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Deportivo Ortegano's Orland Uceda 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 9th minute, Elano Lobado left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Deportivo Ortegano fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Armando Polidori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elano Lobado, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 18th minute, Elano Lobado reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Armando Polidori. The goal made the score 2-0. In the 21st minute, Elano Lobado hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bahiano Caballeria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ferdinando Morini in the 22nd minute of play. XMAS's Armando Polidori played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Orland Uceda in the 23rd minute of play. Deportivo Ortegano were awarded a corner in the 25th minute after XMAS's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Orland Uceda took the corner. After taking down the ball on Deportivo Ortegano's corner Orland Uceda fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Armando Polidori quite easily take care of the ball. In the 30thth minute of the game Elano Lobado who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but XMAS's Armando Polidori was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Elano Lobado came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the Deportivo Ortegano fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Elano Lobado couldn't finish the play. 37 minutes into the game, Deportivo Ortegano's Elano Lobado nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Armando Polidori made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Armando Polidori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elano Lobado in the 40th minute of the match. When Orland Uceda fell near the penalty area in the 41st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Deportivo Ortegano's protests and gave Orland Uceda a yellow card for diving instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Elano Lobado got free with Armando Polidori in the 46th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 46th minute, Elano Lobado ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Armando Polidori was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ennio De Nardis to strike the kick off in the second half. If Ronald Vordenbäumen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Armando Polidori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elano Lobado in the 54th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Elano Lobado in the 58th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Armando Polidori saved XMAS from getting behind. After 61 minutes XMAS's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Orland Uceda who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Orland Uceda almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but XMAS's Armando Polidori did a great save. Deportivo Ortegano's Ignacio Gaig was substituted for Elano Lobado. In the 71st match minute, XMAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dave Barillari to maneuver through the defense. Orland Uceda, 72 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Orland Uceda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Armando Polidori having to interfere. The Deportivo Ortegano fans' excitement grew in the 77th match minute when Deportivo Ortegano's Ronald Vordenbäumen looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 6-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Ronald Vordenbäumen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Armando Polidori having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in XMAS's zone, Ronald Vordenbäumen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Armando Polidori came out of the goal and Ronald Vordenbäumen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of Deportivo Ortegano booed when XMAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ferdinando Morini didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some careless play in the XMAS defense, Ignacio Gaig kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Armando Polidori. The XMAS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Armando Polidori should have stopped the shot. Ignacio Gaig received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Armando Polidori tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Deportivo Ortegano fully deserved thier win.