Official Cup

Arena Manchão
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Terence Nicholas started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After some careless play in the Santos FC defense, Lisandro Piearres kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aaron Smallwood. The Santos FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aaron Smallwood should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tyron Velasquez in the 9th minute of play forced Ekzema F.V.'s goalkeeper Ximenez Cayuso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lisandro Piearres's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Aaron Smallwood read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 14th minute of play. After 16 minutes Santos FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Vitório Moreno who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Vitório Moreno almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Santos FC's Aaron Smallwood did a great save. Terence Nicholas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ximenez Cayuso having to interfere. In the 24th minute, Lisandro Piearres ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aaron Smallwood was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Cesar Small blasted a shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ximenez Cayuso having to make a save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Terence Nicholas in the 37th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ximenez Cayuso prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 39thth minute of the game Terence Nicholas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ekzema F.V.'s Ximenez Cayuso was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a little luck, Santos FC's Aaron Smallwood got control of the ball when Lisandro Piearres tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ximenez Cayuso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tyron Velasquez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lisandro Piearres in the 43rd minute of play forced Santos FC's goalkeeper Aaron Smallwood to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aaron Smallwood made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lisandro Piearres in the 46th minute. Ximenez Cayuso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tyron Velasquez in the 48th minute of the match. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

Ekzema F.V.'s Luisinho Toscano was substituted for Vitório Moreno. Timoteo Estevez scored 3-0 in the 53rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aaron Smallwood, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Dominic Albright made in the 57th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Ekzema F.V.'s Arí Cestarolli. In the 60th minute, Timoteo Estevez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aaron Smallwood was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. A collision led to Ekzema F.V. getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Arí Cestarolli hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Ekzema F.V.'s Luisinho Toscano got a free kick in the 66th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Terence Nicholas got free with Ximenez Cayuso in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Lanny Gilmore could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Ximenez Cayuso made a huge save. A nice corner shot did that Lanny Gilmore got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ximenez Cayuso quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The throw-in from Dominic Albright in the 84th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Ekzema F.V.'s Arí Cestarolli. In the 89th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ekzema F.V.'s goalkeeper Ximenez Cayuso, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Aaron Smallwood stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Timoteo Estevez's shot from short distance in the 91st minute. In the 92nd minute, Santos FC's Lanny Gilmore ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ximenez Cayuso. Ximenez Cayuso yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 4-2. Lanny Gilmore came free with the goalkeeper in the 96th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Ximenez Cayuso could save by the left post. The Ekzema F.V. players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.