Official Cup

Puerto Pacífico
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Aníbal Aguacero kicked off to start the match. 5 minutes into the match, Italia's goalkeeper Gilberto Arias had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Aníbal Aguacero. In the 7th minute of the match, Aníbal Aguacero got a very nice opportunity to score, but Gilberto Arias was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Italia's Gilberto Arias proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save Italia from getting a goal against them. Italia's Gilberto Arias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guillermo Matas in the 16th minute of play. 18 minutes had been played when some careless play by Italia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Adriel Riffo was slow to take the kick. During this time Costa Pacífico FC's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Costa Pacífico FC's corner Adriel Riffo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Gilberto Arias quite easily take care of the ball. 21 minutes into the match, Costa Pacífico FC's goal looked a bit too open when Braulio Nalo came free, but Samuel Santa Cruz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Aníbal Aguacero had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Guillermo Matas came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the Costa Pacífico FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Guillermo Matas couldn't finish the play. Costa Pacífico FC's Samuel Santa Cruz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Braulio Nalo in the 28th minute of play. 29 minutes into the game, Baki Hanmark recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Gilberto Arias. Baki Hanmark showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. In the 33rd minute of the match, Guillermo Matas tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Gilberto Arias saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. When Yeray Ansieta fell near the penalty area in the 35th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Costa Pacífico FC's protests and gave Yeray Ansieta a yellow card for diving instead. Italia's Pascual Prejun was substituted for Ciriaco Txatxu. In the 36th minute, Yeray Ansieta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 37 played minutes, Italia's Pascual Prejun shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Samuel Santa Cruz came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Italia reached it. In the 42nd minute, Braulio Nalo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Samuel Santa Cruz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isaias Maura in the 46th minute of the match. Fabian Gipuzkoa took the ball and in the 47 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Samuel Santa Cruz. Samuel Santa Cruz dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Fabian Gipuzkoa made a kick off. Braulio Nalo charged in rather forcefully in the 53rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Braulio Nalo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 54th match minute, Italia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Braulio Nalo to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adriel Riffo in the 55th minute of play forced Italia's goalkeeper Gilberto Arias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 58 minutes into the match, Adelio Montalva had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gilberto Arias. Italia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Adelio Montalva was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Nicanor Costante kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. Italia's Gilberto Arias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Baki Hanmark in the 68th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 74 minutes, Braulio Nalo took a quick shot and it went in 2-2 without a chance for Samuel Santa Cruz to make any attempt to save it. Gilberto Arias took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adelio Montalva, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aníbal Aguacero in the 80th minute of play forced Italia's goalkeeper Gilberto Arias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gilberto Arias made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adelio Montalva in the 84th minute of play. Aníbal Aguacero fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gilberto Arias having to interfere. Yeray Ansieta hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nicanor Costante during the 97th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Adriel Riffo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 98th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Costa Pacífico FC were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.