Official Cup

Estadio Mega Celeste
Spectators: 155 (Terracing: 117, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Lechero«ISTDG» Ambato's Zorion Oña started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Nippur de Lagash 2's Marcelo De Mitri proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Nippur de Lagash 2 from getting a goal against them. In the 16th minute Casimiro Cordarell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xzaiver Lorenzo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marcelo De Mitri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustavo Isazi in the 18th minute of the match. With a little luck, Nippur de Lagash 2's Marcelo De Mitri got control of the ball when Zorion Oña tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match had gone on for 24 minutes, Jacobo Ortzi took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Marcelo De Mitri to make any attempt to save it. Casimiro Cordarell's late challenge caught a Lechero«ISTDG» Ambato's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Casimiro Cordarell helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Nippur de Lagash 2 getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Casimiro Cordarell hit a great ball. In the 31st minute, Casimiro Cordarell hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nippur de Lagash 2's Marcelo De Mitri proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Nippur de Lagash 2 from getting a goal against them. Jacobo Ortzi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Marcelo De Mitri made a huge save. The supporters of Nippur de Lagash 2 booed when Lechero«ISTDG» Ambato was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Venceslao Emesabel didn't get a good kick on the ball. Casimiro Cordarell received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Xzaiver Lorenzo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Hernan Fidencio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 46 minutes into the match, Nippur de Lagash 2's goal looked a bit too open when Jacobo Ortzi came free, but Marcelo De Mitri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Casimiro Cordarell was the one to do the kick off. Kojiro Schneider got a throw-in 52 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Jacobo Ortzi. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zorion Oña in the 54th minute of play forced Nippur de Lagash 2's goalkeeper Marcelo De Mitri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcelo De Mitri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zorion Oña, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marcelo De Mitri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zorion Oña in the 58th minute of the match. In the 60th minute, Casimiro Cordarell reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Xzaiver Lorenzo. The goal made the score 1-1. In the 65th minute, Gustavo Isazi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marcelo De Mitri was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Nippur de Lagash 2's Camilo Manilan was substituted for Virgilio Emenon. Nippur de Lagash 2's Casimiro Martxel was substituted for Ricardo Ihintza. Casimiro Martxel kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. Casimiro Cordarell received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Xzaiver Lorenzo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Nippur de Lagash 2 booed when Lechero«ISTDG» Ambato was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kojiro Schneider didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gustavo Isazi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zorion Oña in the 87th minute of play forced Nippur de Lagash 2's goalkeeper Marcelo De Mitri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcelo De Mitri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zorion Oña in the 88th minute of play. Casimiro Martxel kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. In the 95th minute, Reynaldo De Mitri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lechero«ISTDG» Ambato were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Nippur de Lagash 2 for a fine match.