Official Cup

Pedro Bidegain
Spectators: 158 (Terracing: 119, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Baldomiro Enetz started the match with the kick off. Lincoln Wise made an important save on a dangerous shot by Baldomiro Enetz in the 5th minute. The referee felt a red card was in order, 21 minutes into the game, when Darryl Funk put in a rough tackle. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 20th minute of the game. One of PUKOHAS FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Tio Cosme FC:s goal. In the 25th minute Kurt Kilgore shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gerardo Benvido saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to PUKOHAS FC getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Victor Landry hit a great ball. Lincoln Wise was out of position in the 33 minute of play, and Aquiles Tuste capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Aquiles Tuste really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Kurt Kilgore made the kick off in the second half. A sloppy throw-in by Fidel Jago in the 52nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by PUKOHAS FC's Levi Keen. Gerardo Benvido showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vincent Hinton, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. In the 53rd minute, Vincent Hinton left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The PUKOHAS FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-2. Lincoln Wise didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Baldomiro Enetz went, in the 56th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-2 was the resulting score. 59 minutes into the match, Baldomiro Enetz notched a goal, 6-2, to the right of PUKOHAS FC's Lincoln Wise. Lincoln Wise was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 62 minutes into the game, Tio Cosme FC's Humberto Mundo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lincoln Wise made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 7-2. After 66 minutes, Ignace King mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the PUKOHAS FC and the Tio Cosme FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to PUKOHAS FC getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Ignace King hit a great ball. Lincoln Wise took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Humberto Mundo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Baldomiro Enetz took the ball and in the 78 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lincoln Wise. Lincoln Wise dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 9-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Baldomiro Enetz in the 84th minute of play forced PUKOHAS FC's goalkeeper Lincoln Wise to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 86th minute Diego Lohitzun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lincoln Wise saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vincent Hinton in the 88th minute of play forced Tio Cosme FC's goalkeeper Gerardo Benvido to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. PUKOHAS FC's Lincoln Wise played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aquiles Tuste in the 92nd minute of play. In the 96th minute, Baldomiro Enetz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lincoln Wise was frozen by the shot and now it was 10-2. Tio Cosme FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.