Official Cup

C.D. Manuel Miranda
Spectators: 169 (Terracing: 127, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) Geovani Mendonça started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. A collision led to GÉMINIS DARIÉN F.C. getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Wilfredo Henríguez hit a great ball. Thanasis Papadimitriou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maicon Palmeira in the 7th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, GÉMINIS DARIÉN F.C.'s Aras Aydın got a free kick in the 10th minute. If Wilfredo Henríguez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 15 minutes into the match, E. C. Uruguaiana's goal looked a bit too open when Wilfredo Henríguez came free, but Vicente Guimarães reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alberto Jaen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maicon Palmeira in the 23rd minute of play forced GÉMINIS DARIÉN F.C.'s goalkeeper Thanasis Papadimitriou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Maicon Palmeira recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 28th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 37th minute Alberto Jaen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vicente Guimarães saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, E. C. Uruguaiana's Vicente Guimarães got control of the ball when Gottfrid Kjellbom tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 40th minute GÉMINIS DARIÉN F.C. were awarded a corner. Tolga Tara went to the cornerflag to take it. Tolga Tara made a great header on GÉMINIS DARIÉN F.C.'s corner, it was just that E. C. Uruguaiana's Vicente Guimarães managed to reach the ball for a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Geovani Mendonça in the 42nd minute of play forced GÉMINIS DARIÉN F.C.'s goalkeeper Thanasis Papadimitriou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gottfrid Kjellbom to strike the kick off in the second half. Vicente Guimarães made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wilfredo Henríguez in the 51st minute of play. After having played for 52 minutes, Maicon Palmeira managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. E. C. Uruguaiana's supporters crossed their fingers, but Maicon Palmeira was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Maicon Palmeira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. E. C. Uruguaiana's Ricardo Schneider was substituted for Clemente Eger. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maicon Palmeira in the 59th minute of play forced GÉMINIS DARIÉN F.C.'s goalkeeper Thanasis Papadimitriou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilfredo Henríguez in the 61st minute of play forced E. C. Uruguaiana's goalkeeper Vicente Guimarães to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 61 minutes into the match, Wilfredo Henríguez notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of E. C. Uruguaiana's Vicente Guimarães. Vicente Guimarães was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. E. C. Uruguaiana's Vicente Guimarães played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mykyta Sakhnevych in the 64th minute of play. 73 minutes into the match, Lei Bin Kuan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Thanasis Papadimitriou. GÉMINIS DARIÉN F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lei Bin Kuan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. In the 78th minute the ball was on its way in behind E. C. Uruguaiana's goalkeeper Vicente Guimarães, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, E. C. Uruguaiana's Flavius Marinescu got a free kick in the 79th minute. 84 minutes into the game, Tonni Bynge cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-2. Vicente Guimarães was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to E. C. Uruguaiana getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Shao Ming Jian hit a great ball. In the 89th minute the ball was on its way in behind E. C. Uruguaiana's goalkeeper Vicente Guimarães, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 93rd minute, Gottfrid Kjellbom 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. GÉMINIS DARIÉN F.C.'s fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.