Official Cup

Folke Anderson
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) 3 minutes into the match, Montevideo's goalkeeper Ronaldo Medeiros had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Damian Maftei. 9 minutes into the match, Esmeraldas S.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Christian Passos came free, but Aguinaga Nebot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The throw-in from Olavo Matorin in the 14th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Esmeraldas S.C.'s Ghitã Fratea. Martinez Cines recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damian Maftei in the 21st minute of play forced Montevideo's goalkeeper Ronaldo Medeiros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Damian Maftei could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Ronaldo Medeiros made a huge save. Ronaldo Medeiros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damian Maftei in the 25th minute of play. Laerte Lucas kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. After 29 minutes of play, Montevideo's Christian Passos made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aguinaga Nebot was left in no man's land by his defense there! Stefanos Terzopoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 36thth minute of the game Christian Passos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Esmeraldas S.C.'s Aguinaga Nebot was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Aguinaga Nebot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christian Passos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 40thth minute of the game Damian Maftei who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Montevideo's Ronaldo Medeiros was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Montevideo's Ronaldo Medeiros proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 41st minute of the match, managed to save Montevideo from getting a goal against them. Esmeraldas S.C.'s Aguinaga Nebot played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Laerte Lucas in the 46th minute of play. After some careless play in the Montevideo defense, Stefanos Terzopoulos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ronaldo Medeiros. The Montevideo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ronaldo Medeiros should have stopped the shot. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Damian Maftei was the one to do the kick off. Stefanos Terzopoulos struck a weak shot in the 56th minute. Ronaldo Medeiros didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Esmeraldas S.C.. In the 57th minute, Luisito Antequera hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Martinez Cines received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Ronaldo Medeiros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 64th minute, Torsti Puistola hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Esmeraldas S.C.'s Daniel Castillo was substituted for Martinez Cines. A collision led to Esmeraldas S.C. getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Torsti Puistola hit a great ball. A collision led to Montevideo getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Wilson Fernandez hit a great ball. Esmeraldas S.C.'s Stefanos Terzopoulos got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 77 minutes, Willy Reynolds managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Esmeraldas S.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Willy Reynolds was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ghitã Fratea kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. Esmeraldas S.C.'s Aguinaga Nebot played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mário Maranhense in the 80th minute of play. The supporters of Montevideo booed when Esmeraldas S.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ghitã Fratea didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 87th minute, Christian Passos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aguinaga Nebot was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. In the 91st minute Damian Maftei shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ronaldo Medeiros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Montevideo getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Bogdan Blănaru hit a great ball. Stefanos Terzopoulos took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 93rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ronaldo Medeiros. Montevideo's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Aguinaga Nebot made a fantastic save in the 96th minute, when Laerte Lucas sent off a good shot on target. The Esmeraldas S.C. supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Montevideo's performance. The match ended with a win for Montevideo.