Official Cup

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Spectators: 157 (Terracing: 118, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ersen Bumba got the match started through his kick off. Rodrigo Jax received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Carlos Baptista tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ersen Bumba might have been able to make a better finish in the 5th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Richmond De Worteleere. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ersen Bumba ran back to his position shaking his head. Ersen Bumba fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Richmond De Worteleere having to interfere. ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Carlos Baptista played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eliseo Frances in the 18th minute of play. Ersen Bumba might have been able to make a better finish in the 23rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Richmond De Worteleere. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ersen Bumba ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 27th minute Bruno Abeita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlos Baptista saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Pichit Mercier had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to AC 1986 Vinalito getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Paolo Nicholas hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Ersen Bumba slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Richmond De Worteleere. That made the score 1-0 after 32 minutes of play. Kadri Aksoy kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. In the 38th minute Bruno Abeita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlos Baptista saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the AC 1986 Vinalito defense, Ersen Bumba kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Richmond De Worteleere. The AC 1986 Vinalito fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Richmond De Worteleere should have stopped the shot. Carlos Baptista came out of the goal in the 46th minute to try and stop a shot by AC 1986 Vinalito's Raimundo Guerau. But to his dismay, Raimundo Guerau quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Bruno Abeita was the one to do the kick off. If Kadri Aksoy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 56th minute, Paolo Nicholas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Carlos Baptista got control of the ball when Bruno Abeita tried to sneak it across the goal line. Carlos Baptista took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rodrigo Jax, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A hard shot 61 in the game by Bruno Abeita from a close distance when the talented Carlos Baptista managed to make a qualified save. ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's players were relieved. 62 minutes into the match, ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's goal looked a bit too open when Pichit Mercier came free, but Carlos Baptista reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bruno Abeita scored 2-2 in the 66th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Carlos Baptista, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Carlos Baptista made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eliseo Frances in the 70th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kadri Aksoy in the 75th minute of play forced AC 1986 Vinalito's goalkeeper Richmond De Worteleere to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Carlos Baptista proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rodrigo Jax got free with Carlos Baptista in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. AC 1986 Vinalito's Ezequiel Pirlo was substituted for Raimundo Guerau. The supporters of AC 1986 Vinalito booed when ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Julio Izel didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bruno Abeita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 84th minute of the match, but Carlos Baptista made a huge save. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.