Official Cup

Gran Parque Central
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Christiano Ronaldo took the kick off in the first half of the match. Juaneizu Merida showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christiano Ronaldo, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Juaneizu Merida took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tao Kun Xuan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Grabiel Escorcia came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the Nacional 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 Grabiel Escorcia couldn't finish the play. Juaneizu Merida made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christiano Ronaldo in the 19th minute of play. Nacional's Joseph Gayoso suffered a torn muscle in his knee after 24 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Dimosthenis Picoulas's late challenge caught a Nacional's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dimosthenis Picoulas helped the player get up and apologised. Dimosthenis Picoulas kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. In the 27th minute Grabiel Escorcia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fernado Alves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ptolemeus Giannopoulos in the 29th minute of play forced Nacional's goalkeeper Juaneizu Merida to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 34th minute of the match Unione Sportiva got a corner. Nacional's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ptolemeus Giannopoulos ran over to the corner to take the kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christiano Ronaldo in the 39th minute of play forced Nacional's goalkeeper Juaneizu Merida to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 41st minute of the match Nacional got a corner. Unione Sportiva's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Xu Sha ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Unione Sportiva's goalie and right to Walter Geromel. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Unione Sportiva's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Nacional's Juaneizu Merida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kimon Yfantis in the 43rd minute of play. Tao Kun Xuan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 48th minute, Grabiel Escorcia made a precise shot to the right of Fernado Alves. Unione Sportiva's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Grabiel Escorcia stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Nacional booed when Unione Sportiva was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dimosthenis Picoulas didn't get a good kick on the ball. 59 minutes into the match, Unione Sportiva's goal looked a bit too open when Grabiel Escorcia came free, but Fernado Alves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Nacional's Juaneizu Merida got control of the ball when Tao Kun Xuan tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 62 played minutes Nacional got a freekick which was hit by José Luis Rodríguez. Nacional's Walme Yurre was substituted for Mendiko Bueres. In the 63rd match minute, Nacional was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by José Luis Rodríguez to maneuver through the defense. After 66 minutes Unione Sportiva's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Xu Sha who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Grabiel Escorcia almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Unione Sportiva's Fernado Alves did a great save. The supporters of Unione Sportiva booed when Nacional was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Walter Geromel didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, Nacional's Juaneizu Merida got control of the ball when Christiano Ronaldo tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Nacional's José Luis Rodríguez got a free kick in the 73rd minute. After a rather tough play, Nacional's José Luis Rodríguez got a free kick in the 74th minute. Fernado Alves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ursino Brunet in the 79th minute of the match. Edmílson Severo hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Unione Sportiva's Fernado Alves played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Grabiel Escorcia in the 87th minute of play. Unione Sportiva's Fernado Alves played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Grabiel Escorcia in the 89th minute of play. 89 minutes into the game, Nacional's Grabiel Escorcia nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fernado Alves made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-3. 93 minutes into the match, Xu Sha notched a goal, 3-3, to the right of Unione Sportiva's Fernado Alves. Fernado Alves was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 97 minutes of play, Nacional's Ursino Brunet made it 4-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fernado Alves was left in no man's land by his defense there! The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Nacional had won after a very even match.