Official Cup

De Put
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Herman De Strijcker started the match with the kick off. Jerold Grijalba recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 4th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 11 minutes into the match, Pastor Dalmu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Maximiliano Mundo. Lopidato FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pastor Dalmu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. A collision led to Lopidato FC getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Mathieu Slabbaert hit a great ball. Pastor Dalmu took the ball and in the 14 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Maximiliano Mundo. Maximiliano Mundo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. 19 minutes into the match, Austral FC's goal looked a bit too open when Renaud Van der Vloedt came free, but Damaso Hurko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 21st minute, Austral FC's Nisio Iturmendi seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Nisio Iturmendi the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Austral FC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Nisio Iturmendi had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. 20 minutes into the game, one of Austral FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Damaso Hurko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Renaud Van der Vloedt, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. In the 33rd minute Jerold Grijalba shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Maximiliano Mundo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Demirhan Sağınç's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Damaso Hurko was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. Renaud Van der Vloedt could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Damaso Hurko made a huge save. Damaso Hurko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Herman De Strijcker in the 46th minute of play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jerold Grijalba stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Lopidato FC getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Demirhan Sağınç hit a great ball. 52 minutes into the match, Lopidato FC's goalkeeper Maximiliano Mundo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jerold Grijalba. Jerold Grijalba fired away a difficult shot at goal in the 55th minute. He almost succeeded, but the ball went over. It was a very nice shot. With a little luck, Lopidato FC's Maximiliano Mundo got control of the ball when Menendo Tella tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 63 played minutes Austral FC got a freekick which was hit by Ramiro Benavente. If Laureano Pinillos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Austral FC getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Jerold Grijalba hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Austral FC's Pastor Dalmu got a free kick in the 72nd minute. After a rather tough play, Austral FC's Goizeder Infante got a free kick in the 74th minute. The supporters of Lopidato FC booed when Austral FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Laureano Pinillos didn't get a good kick on the ball. 77 minutes into the match, Austral FC's goal looked a bit too open when Dominic Cornelis came free, but Damaso Hurko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Jerold Grijalba came up free with the goalie in the 79th minute, the Austral FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jerold Grijalba couldn't finish the play. The crowd rose to their feet as Jerold Grijalba kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Maximiliano Mundo. That made the score 0-3 in the 87 minute of play. Menendo Tella fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maximiliano Mundo having to interfere. When Renaud Van der Vloedt was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 91 minutes had been played. Renaud Van der Vloedt hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Austral FC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.