Official Cup

Old Trafford
Spectators: 2360 (Terracing: 1771, Seating: 543, VIP seats: 46) Camilo Ferran made the kick off and thus started the match. 2 minutes into the match, Red Devils's goal looked a bit too open when Camilo Ferran came free, but Braulio Gartxot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 3 minutes into the match, Red Devils's goal looked a bit too open when Camilo Ferran came free, but Braulio Gartxot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 5th minute, Marcel da Rocha managed to get in a good position for a shot. Red Devils's supporters rose to their feet, but Marcel da Rocha was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jose Nuñez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Red Devils's Braulio Gartxot played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Steve Burmeister in the 9th minute of play. 11 minutes into the match, Camilo Ferran had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Braulio Gartxot. Red Devils's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Camilo Ferran was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Marcel da Rocha might have been able to make a better finish in the 17th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jose Nuñez. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Marcel da Rocha ran back to his position shaking his head. 19 minutes into the match, ► EL GRAN DOGO ◄'s goal looked a bit too open when Marcel da Rocha came free, but Jose Nuñez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 24 minutes into the match, ► EL GRAN DOGO ◄'s goalkeeper Jose Nuñez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marcel da Rocha. Braulio Gartxot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Camilo Ferran, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. In the 26th minute, Marcel da Rocha ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jose Nuñez was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Braulio Gartxot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nereo Serapio in the 29th minute of the match. The supporters of Red Devils booed when ► EL GRAN DOGO ◄ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Costin Ivasiuc didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Marcel da Rocha kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jose Nuñez. That made the score 2-1 in the 36 minute of play. In the 42nd minute, Marcel da Rocha 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. Marcel da Rocha blasted a shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jose Nuñez having to make a save. With a little luck, ► EL GRAN DOGO ◄'s Jose Nuñez got control of the ball when Marcel da Rocha tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Steve Burmeister in the 47th minute of play forced Red Devils's goalkeeper Braulio Gartxot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Marcel da Rocha to strike the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Marcel da Rocha in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jose Nuñez saved ► EL GRAN DOGO ◄ from getting behind. The crowd rose to their feet as Nereo Serapio kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Braulio Gartxot. That made the score 2-3 in the 58 minute of play. After 60 played minutes ► EL GRAN DOGO ◄ got a freekick which was hit by Nereo Serapio. Luciano Federigo made in the 61st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Fan Liang Li. Braulio Gartxot made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Jiang Peng sent off a good shot on target. Braulio Gartxot made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nereo Serapio in the 69th minute. Braulio Gartxot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Steve Burmeister in the 73rd minute of the match. After 75 minutes of play, Red Devils's Marcel da Rocha made it 3-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jose Nuñez was left in no man's land by his defense there! ► EL GRAN DOGO ◄'s 严奕常 was substituted for Baldomiro Laurgain. If Nereo Serapio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when 严奕常 got free with Braulio Gartxot in the 86th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 3-4 became the score in the 88th minute when Steve Burmeister elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar.

When the final whistle sounded ► EL GRAN DOGO ◄ left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Red Devils.