League

Estadio Ali Sami Yen
Spectators: 6673 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1623, VIP seats: 50) Galatasaray's Ermegildo Manilan started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. With a little luck, Cintra's Lino Bertin got control of the ball when Armando Gabino tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 6th minute Ermegildo Manilan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lino Bertin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gerardo Silvanito hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Hermengildo Bras took the ball and in the 10 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Hilario Ondino. Hilario Ondino dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Lino Bertin was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ermegildo Manilan showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 15 minute of play. After a rather tough play, Cintra's Arturo Raymundo got a free kick in the 18th minute. After recieving a nice pass, Galatasaray's Armando Gabino tried to score from far away in the 19th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Cintra's defense didn't have a chance, in the 21st minute, when Gerardo Silvanito scored to the left of an out of position Lino Bertin, making the score, 2-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Galatasaray's Ermegildo Manilan slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Lino Bertin. That made the score 3-1 after 24 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hermengildo Bras in the 27th minute of play forced Galatasaray's goalkeeper Hilario Ondino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eugenio Cristofol charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eugenio Cristofol the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Elias Erdiano got free with Lino Bertin in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Hilario Ondino showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hermengildo Bras in the 41st minute of the match. Lino Bertin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Braulio Primeiro in the 47th minute. 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hermengildo Bras stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute Elias Erdiano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lino Bertin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Elias Erdiano took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lino Bertin. Lino Bertin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-2. Eugenio Cristofol got a throw-in 60 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Gerardo Silvanito. 61 minutes into the match, Cintra's goal looked a bit too open when Gerardo Silvanito came free, but Lino Bertin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 63 minutes of play, Galatasaray's Ermegildo Manilan made it 5-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lino Bertin was left in no man's land by his defense there! A throw-in in the 69th minute of the game was made by Eugenio Cristofol with Gerardo Silvanito as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Elias Erdiano scored 6-2 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lino Bertin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Lino Bertin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Braulio Primeiro in the 77th minute of the match. After 78 played minutes Cintra got a freekick which was hit by Hermengildo Bras. Lino Bertin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ermegildo Manilan in the 81st minute of the match. In the 82ndth minute of the game Braulio Primeiro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cintra's Lino Bertin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Galatasaray were awarded a corner in the 86th minute after Cintra's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Armando Gabino took the corner. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Cintra's goalie and right to Braulio Primeiro. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Cintra's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Lino Bertin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerardo Silvanito in the 88th minute of play. 92 minutes into the match, Galatasaray's goal looked a bit too open when Hermengildo Bras came free, but Hilario Ondino reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hermengildo Bras's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 94thth minute, Hilario Ondino skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Galatasaray's Hilario Ondino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hermengildo Bras in the 96th minute of play. Galatasaray's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.