Official Cup

Duff Stadium
Spectators: 190 (Terracing: 143, Seating: 44, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Andries De Putter took the kick off in the first half of the match. 10 minutes into the game, AFC United's Andries De Putter nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Atilano Benat made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. The audience was convinced that Raimundo Guimarães's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lei Bin was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. A collision led to Dromes FC getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Lisandro Lopez hit a great ball. In the 17th minute, Jordi Scherz 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. If Andries De Putter had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Atilano Benat made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Andries De Putter sent off a good shot on target. Lei Bin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raimundo Guimarães, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Atilano Benat didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Isaac Fernandez went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. 30 minutes into the match, AFC United's goal looked a bit too open when Raimundo Guimarães came free, but Lei Bin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Atilano Benat was a little too slow when Andries De Putter got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 32nd minute. The score was now 4-0. 37 minutes into the game, AFC United's Andries De Putter nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Atilano Benat made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. After 43 minutes of play, AFC United's Andries De Putter made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Atilano Benat was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Isaac Fernandez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Raimundo Guimarães to make the kick off. Andries De Putter might have been able to make a better finish in the 51st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Atilano Benat. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Andries De Putter ran back to his position shaking his head. Andries De Putter recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 59th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Andries De Putter took the ball and in the 65 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Atilano Benat. Atilano Benat dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-0. 70 minutes into the match, Andries De Putter notched a goal, 8-0, to the right of Dromes FC's Atilano Benat. Atilano Benat was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. AFC United made a substitution. Peru Diaz replaced Bilintx Trilla. 75 minutes into the match, AFC United's goalkeeper Lei Bin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Raimundo Guimarães. Dromes FC's Humberto Lleir was substituted for Raimundo Guimarães. After 80 minutes Dromes FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jordi Scherz who took care of the corner kick. AFC United's attentive Ken vrolix managed to snatch the ball when Manuel Erlantz made a throw-in in the 83rd minute of the game. In the 84th match minute, AFC United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Isaac Fernandez to maneuver through the defense. AFC United's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.