Official Cup

9 de Diciembre
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Carlos Cesaro took the kick off in the first half of the match. Matheus Munhoz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Cesaro, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Jeremias Salles received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Bartolo Beliran tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Matheus Munhoz came out of the goal in the 11th minute to try and stop a shot by MARTINETA's Carlos Cesaro. But to his dismay, Carlos Cesaro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. The audience was convinced that Jeremias Salles's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bartolo Beliran was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. In the 17th minute Carlos Cesaro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matheus Munhoz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by Lindner F.C's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lv Qiang Xiao was slow to take the kick. During this time MARTINETA's players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Dionisio Navarro heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Bartolo Beliran took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Harald Keane, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 32nd minute of the match Lindner F.C got a corner. MARTINETA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Elliott Virgin ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Harald Keane almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but MARTINETA's Bartolo Beliran did a great save. Lindner F.C were awarded a corner in the 33th minute after MARTINETA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Elliott Virgin took the corner. Jeremias Salles made a great header on Lindner F.C's corner, it was just that MARTINETA's Bartolo Beliran managed to reach the ball for a save. Lindner F.C were awarded a corner in the 35th minute after MARTINETA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Elliott Virgin took the corner. The corner ended in Elliott Virgin almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but MARTINETA's Bartolo Beliran did a great save. In the 41stth minute of the game Carlos Cesaro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Lindner F.C's Matheus Munhoz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. MARTINETA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Lv Qiang Xiao in the 42nd minute. Carlos Cesaro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 46th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Harald Keane made the kick off in the second half. Lindner F.C's Matheus Munhoz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlos Cesaro in the 57th minute of play. Harald Keane received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Bartolo Beliran came out and tried to block the shot, but Harald Keane slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 69th minute. MARTINETA's Petruț Ailincai was substituted for Albino Eliu. Lindner F.C's Dalmo Dracena was substituted for Charlie Alfonso. Lindner F.C made a substitution. Gelu Roșeanu replaced Dónald Trump. MARTINETA's Andrey Atamanenko was substituted for Alexander Buonanno. Bartolo Beliran made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Harald Keane sent off a good shot on target. 79 minutes into the match, MARTINETA's Cayetano Lalla sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Matheus Munhoz narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Lv Qiang Xiao received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Matheus Munhoz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 89 minutes into the match, MARTINETA's João Severino sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Matheus Munhoz narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Cayetano Lalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 94 minutes, Jeremias Salles mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lindner F.C and the MARTINETA players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 94th minute, Jeremias Salles hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The MARTINETA fans cheered their team off the field, for while Lindner F.C had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.