Official Cup

José Amalfitani
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Heigo Luiga took the kick off in the first half of the match. C.A.Independiente's Ciriaco Macias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Salvador Hats in the 4th minute of play. In the 5th minute, Heigo Luiga ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Santos Orlan was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. C.A.Independiente's Ciriaco Macias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Delmar Manex in the 9th minute of play. C.A.Independiente's Ciriaco Macias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Delmar Manex in the 9th minute of play. Santos Orlan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristo Basajaun in the 12th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristo Basajaun in the 12th minute of play forced El Fortín de Floresta's goalkeeper Santos Orlan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 16 played minutes C.A.Independiente got a freekick which was hit by Heigo Luiga. C.A.Independiente's Ciriaco Macias proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save C.A.Independiente from getting a goal against them. Lisandro Martinez made in the 19th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Delmar Manex immediately put the ball in play. If Nereo Frederico had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When C.A.Independiente's Heigo Luiga in the 26th minute got a chance for a shot 26th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye El Fortín de Floresta's goalie prevented a goal. Cristo Orlan lost his temper 31 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in El Fortín de Floresta fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 31st minute. Penalty! In the 33rd minute, Gavril Bosioc made a precise shot to the right of Santos Orlan. El Fortín de Floresta's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Ciriaco Macias took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cipriano Aguilera, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 42nd minute, Cipriano Aguilera left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The El Fortín de Floresta fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. In the 45th minute Heigo Luiga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santos Orlan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Delmar Manex to strike the kick off in the second half. Lisandro Martinez charged in rather forcefully in the 54th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lisandro Martinez the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 54th minute, Lisandro Martinez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 57 minutes into the match, Cristo Basajaun had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Santos Orlan. El Fortín de Floresta's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristo Basajaun was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. The crowd rose to their feet as Heigo Luiga kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Santos Orlan. That made the score 1-5 in the 62 minute of play. El Fortín de Floresta made a substitution. Hector Selmo replaced Delmar Manex. El Fortín de Floresta's Lucio Stanislao was substituted for Desiderio Brais. In the 75th minute Gavril Bosioc shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santos Orlan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. C.A.Independiente's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Bernardino Gonsalve in the 76th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Heigo Luiga in the 78th minute of play forced El Fortín de Floresta's goalkeeper Santos Orlan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. C.A.Independiente's Cristo Basajaun got a good chance for a goal in the 79th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ciriaco Macias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hector Selmo in the 83rd minute of the match. Cipriano Aguilera received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Ciriaco Macias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. C.A.Independiente's Jaroslaw Psikuta was substituted for Nereo Frederico. The audience was convinced that Cipriano Aguilera's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ciriaco Macias was relentless in the 92nd minute of the game. After having played for 93 minutes, Lucio Stanislao managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. El Fortín de Floresta's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lucio Stanislao was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The El Fortín de Floresta fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. C.A.Independiente were clearly better and deserved to take the win.