Official Cup

Ashton-in-Makerfield
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Banditos's Salvador Navarro 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, Paulin Abecia left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Octavia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. The audience was convinced that Iordanis Anastasiadis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eraldo Salazar was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. 10 minutes into the match, Adrio Abadie had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Eraldo Salazar. Banditos's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Adrio Abadie was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Eraldo Salazar didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mihai Gherase went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. 15 minutes into the match, Banditos's goal looked a bit too open when Paulin Abecia came free, but Eraldo Salazar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 17 minutes, Paulin Abecia put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Eraldo Salazar. After 25 minutes of play, Octavia's Iordanis Anastasiadis made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eraldo Salazar was left in no man's land by his defense there! After having played for 27 minutes, Iordanis Anastasiadis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Octavia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Iordanis Anastasiadis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Eraldo Salazar didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Paulin Abecia went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. Eraldo Salazar didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mihai Gherase went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-7 was the resulting score. Gaueko Abechuco took the ball and in the 34 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eraldo Salazar. Eraldo Salazar dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-8. After 38 minutes of play, Octavia's Adrio Abadie made it 0-9 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eraldo Salazar was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Mihai Gherase in the 43rd minute of play forced Banditos's goalkeeper Eraldo Salazar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eraldo Salazar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulin Abecia in the 46th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Banditos defense, Iordanis Anastasiadis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eraldo Salazar. The Banditos fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eraldo Salazar should have stopped the shot.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Paulin Abecia was the one to do the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Banditos's goal looked a bit too open when Adrio Abadie came free, but Eraldo Salazar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Banditos getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Alonso Viscarra hit a great ball. With an all-out effort, Octavia's Eraldo Salazar threw himself towards the right post 55 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Otoniel Abastas, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 57 minutes into the match, Banditos's goalkeeper Eraldo Salazar had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Iordanis Anastasiadis. Mihai Gherase took the ball and in the 59 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eraldo Salazar. Eraldo Salazar dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-12. Eraldo Salazar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulin Abecia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 63rd minute Octavia were awarded a corner. Otoniel Abastas went to the cornerflag to take it. Iordanis Anastasiadis scored 0-13 in the 64th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Eraldo Salazar, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd rose to their feet as Octavia's Adrio Abadie slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Eraldo Salazar. That made the score 0-14 after 67 minutes of play. In the 71st minute Salvador Navarro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oscar Frascuelo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 73 minutes into the match, Banditos's goal looked a bit too open when Paulin Abecia came free, but Eraldo Salazar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Paulin Abecia got free with Eraldo Salazar in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some careless play in the Banditos defense, Mihai Gherase kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eraldo Salazar. The Banditos fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eraldo Salazar should have stopped the shot. If Iordanis Anastasiadis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Octavia's Iordanis Anastasiadis got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Iordanis Anastasiadis got free with Eraldo Salazar in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Banditos's defense didn't have a chance, in the 91st minute, when Paulin Abecia scored to the left of an out of position Eraldo Salazar, making the score, 0-17. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adolfo Guerra in the 97th minute of play forced Octavia's goalkeeper Oscar Frascuelo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match was over Octavia could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Banditos throughout the match.