Official Cup

Nikko Arena
Spectators: 157 (Terracing: 118, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Marius Moinard kicked off to start the match. Pegale De Puntín's Osvaldo Iratze played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romeo Le Blanc in the 7th minute of play. Osvaldo Iratze made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marius Moinard in the 11th minute of play. In the 13th minute of the match, Melchor Johans sent away a good long shot that could have become a goal, but Kilian Brébion showed an example of his skillful tending and made the save just under the crossbar. 15 minutes into the game, Francisco Xacintu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pegale De Puntín's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave En Avant Nikko the free kick. After a rather tough play, Pegale De Puntín's Francisco Xacintu got a free kick in the 15th minute. After 21 played minutes Pegale De Puntín got a freekick which was hit by Jacinto Sotil. Kilian Brébion showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Francisco Xacintu, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. In the 27th minute, Maurício Zapata ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kilian Brébion was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Kilian Brébion showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pedro Azeari, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. 32 minutes into the match, En Avant Nikko's goal looked a bit too open when Melchor Johans came free, but Kilian Brébion reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. En Avant Nikko's Kilian Brébion played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Francisco Xacintu in the 34th minute of play. After a rather tough play, En Avant Nikko's Marcel Châtard got a free kick in the 35th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Melchor Johans in the 36th minute of play forced En Avant Nikko's goalkeeper Kilian Brébion to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 42 minutes into the match, Francisco Xacintu notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of En Avant Nikko's Kilian Brébion. Kilian Brébion was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Francisco Xacintu to strike the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Pegale De Puntín's Jacinto Sotil got a free kick in the 58th minute. In the 59th minute, Marcel Châtard got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 62 minutes, Fernado Lima mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pegale De Puntín and the En Avant Nikko players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of En Avant Nikko booed when Pegale De Puntín was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fernado Lima didn't get a good kick on the ball. Melchor Johans hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Osvaldo Iratze made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Romeo Le Blanc in the 68th minute of play. After having played for 71 minutes, Amancio Canor managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pegale De Puntín's supporters crossed their fingers, but Amancio Canor was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Melchor Johans fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kilian Brébion having to interfere. A collision led to En Avant Nikko getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. François Pommier hit a great ball. 79 minutes into the game, Francisco Xacintu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Kilian Brébion was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Fred Dabadie kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. Pegale De Puntín's Francisco Xacintu got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 95 played minutes Pegale De Puntín got a freekick which was hit by Francisco Xacintu. In the 96th minute of the match Marcel Châtard shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Osvaldo Iratze showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The Pegale De Puntín supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Pegale De Puntín would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.