Official Cup

OFFSIDE ARENA
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ruesga Varas kicked off to start the match. The supporters of GALACTICOS booed when Nibiru X was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Baldomiro Fouillioux didn't get a good kick on the ball. GALACTICOS's Ubelteso Zalaca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adriel Chadwick in the 7th minute of play. Layne Staley took the ball and in the 11 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ubelteso Zalaca. Ubelteso Zalaca dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. GALACTICOS were furious when Cuero Cepa was red carded, 15 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. A collision led to GALACTICOS getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Cuero Cepa hit a great ball. Xelo Lijarco charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Xelo Lijarco the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 19th match minute, GALACTICOS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xelo Lijarco to maneuver through the defense. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jimmy Mirafuentes during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Jimmy Mirafuentes hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Adriel Chadwick scored 0-2 in the 22nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ubelteso Zalaca, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 26th minute, one of GALACTICOS:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for GALACTICOS. After some careless play in the GALACTICOS defense, José Carlos Mota kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ubelteso Zalaca. The GALACTICOS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ubelteso Zalaca should have stopped the shot. A throw-in in the 36th minute of the game was made by Xabier Gac with Ruesga Varas as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Layne Staley fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ubelteso Zalaca having to interfere. 39 minutes into the game, Jaime Godinez was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. GALACTICOS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Nibiru X the free kick. In the 39th match minute, GALACTICOS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jaime Godinez to maneuver through the defense. Ubelteso Zalaca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruesga Varas in the 44th minute of the match. In the 46th minute, Zayvion Murillas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zernin Arando stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Adriel Chadwick hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the GALACTICOS defense, Layne Staley kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ubelteso Zalaca. The GALACTICOS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ubelteso Zalaca should have stopped the shot. Nibiru X's Nicodemo De la Maza was substituted for Ruesga Varas. Nibiru X's Héctor David Albertz was substituted for Abdón Jaraquemada. 76 minutes into the match, Nicodemo De la Maza dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ubelteso Zalaca, 0-6. The supporters of Nibiru X booed when GALACTICOS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zernin Arando didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 79 played minutes GALACTICOS got a freekick which was hit by Jimmy Mirafuentes. Héctor David Albertz received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ubelteso Zalaca came out and tried to block the shot, but Héctor David Albertz slotted it home off the left post making it 0-8 in the 83rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicodemo De la Maza in the 93rd minute of play forced GALACTICOS's goalkeeper Ubelteso Zalaca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nibiru X played a much better game than GALACTICOS and deserved their victory. The GALACTICOS players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.