Official Cup

EL POLEAR STADIUM
Spectators: 759 (Terracing: 570, Seating: 174, VIP seats: 15) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Aparicio Ladra started the match with the kick off. 6 minutes into the game, La Scaloneta's Lion Messi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Abelardo Macías made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Yasin Saleh might have been able to make a better finish in the 13th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dibag Martinez. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Yasin Saleh ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yasin Saleh in the 13th minute of play forced La Scaloneta's goalkeeper Dibag Martinez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the La Scaloneta defense, Yasin Saleh kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dibag Martinez. The La Scaloneta fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dibag Martinez should have stopped the shot. With a little luck, La Scaloneta's Dibag Martinez got control of the ball when Aparicio Ladra tried to sneak it across the goal line. Plaza Babys CF's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Aļģis Engers in the 27th minute. Aparicio Ladra made a great header on Plaza Babys CF's corner, it was just that La Scaloneta's Dibag Martinez managed to reach the ball for a save. Abelardo Macías showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lion Messi in the 29th minute of the match. Abelardo Macías made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lion Messi in the 29th minute of play. 30 minutes into the match, Plaza Babys CF's goal looked a bit too open when Leandro Paredes came free, but Abelardo Macías reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Martinez in the 33rd minute of play forced Plaza Babys CF's goalkeeper Abelardo Macías to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 35th play minutes Lion Messi shot 1-2, a short shot which went by Abelardo Macías and just under the crossbar into goal. 44 minutes into the match, Plaza Babys CF's Yasin Saleh sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dibag Martinez narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 45 minutes into the match, La Scaloneta's goalkeeper Dibag Martinez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Aparicio Ladra. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The wind increased when Lion Messi made the kick off in the second half. Aparicio Ladra took the ball and in the 51 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dibag Martinez. Dibag Martinez dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. Aparicio Ladra kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. La Scaloneta's Ángel-Fabián Di María was substituted for Leandro Paredes. 65 minutes into the match, Lautaro Martinez dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Abelardo Macías, 2-4. Aparicio Ladra sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 71st minute the ball was on its way in behind La Scaloneta's goalkeeper Dibag Martinez, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Dibag Martinez didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Aparicio Ladra went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 3-4 was the resulting score. Plaza Babys CF's Pio Checa was substituted for Roi Morales. La Scaloneta made a substitution. Julián Álvarez replaced Lion Messi. Plaza Babys CF's Luis-Alfredo Belalcaraz was substituted for Bernardino Aguilo. In the 80th minute Bo Kristiansson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dibag Martinez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match clock showed 87 minutes, the score became 4-4 when Yasin Saleh sped through La Scaloneta's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Dibag Martinez. Zahar Garzon hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. La Scaloneta's Dibag Martinez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bo Kristiansson in the 92nd minute of play. The supporters of La Scaloneta booed when Plaza Babys CF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zahar Garzon didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ángel-Fabián Di María, 94 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. Abelardo Macías made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julián Álvarez in the 96th minute of play. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.