Official Cup

Battle of death
Spectators: 172 (Terracing: 130, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Calito Garcia kicked off to start the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jobo Candina during the 4th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, La Fusiion's Jobo Candina got a free kick in the 4th minute. After 5 played minutes La Fusiion got a freekick which was hit by Truylos Zuazna. A collision led to La Fusiion getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Truylos Zuazna hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s zone, Truylos Zuazna stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Raul Brandao came out of the goal and Truylos Zuazna tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Raul Brandao played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xavieon Botejara in the 19th minute of play. After a rather tough play, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Cheito Mota got a free kick in the 19th minute. In the 22nd minute, La Fusiion's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Calito Garcia fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. After a rather tough play, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Edgardo Arias got a free kick in the 26th minute. Lano Breton took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 27th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Raul Brandao. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Diómedes Rodriguez recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 37th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Senin Cemborain's late challenge caught a ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Senin Cemborain helped the player get up and apologised. Senin Cemborain hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. Casimiro Querijazu had great luck who in the 47thth minute grab hold of the ball when Diómedes Rodriguez from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Truylos Zuazna made a kick off. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Raul Brandao played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Truylos Zuazna in the 53rd minute of play. When Hugo Matanza came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the La Fusiion 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 Hugo Matanza couldn't finish the play. With an all-out effort, La Fusiion's Raul Brandao threw himself towards the right post 58 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Xavieon Botejara, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 60th minute, Xavieon Botejara 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. 63 minutes into the match, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goal looked a bit too open when Truylos Zuazna came free, but Raul Brandao reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Raul Brandao didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Xavieon Botejara went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Diómedes Rodriguez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Jobo Candina fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raul Brandao having to interfere. Truylos Zuazna took the ball and in the 77 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Raul Brandao. Raul Brandao dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. If Andres Villalobos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Raul Brandao stood somewhat misplaced when Truylos Zuazna came free in front of goal and shot 0-3 to the left of him in the 84 minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Truylos Zuazna kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Raul Brandao. That made the score 0-4 in the 92 minute of play. La Fusiion's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.