Official Cup

EL PINO
Spectators: 184 (Terracing: 139, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) Joseph Gayoso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ni Tian Peng having to interfere. 10 minutes into the match, Grabiel Escorcia had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ni Tian Peng. El Pinar's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Grabiel Escorcia was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Juaneizu Merida made a fantastic save in the 13th minute, when Henrik Kock sent off a good shot on target. 17 minutes into the game, Nacional's Grabiel Escorcia nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ni Tian Peng made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Grabiel Escorcia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ni Tian Peng made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grabiel Escorcia in the 21st minute of play. Grabiel Escorcia scored 0-4 in the 23rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ni Tian Peng, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 25th minute, Jony Maidana hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Grabiel Escorcia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 31st minute Grabiel Escorcia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ni Tian Peng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 33 minutes into the game, Nacional's Grabiel Escorcia nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ni Tian Peng made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. 38 minutes into the match, Grabiel Escorcia had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ni Tian Peng. El Pinar's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Grabiel Escorcia was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thanos Kalikis in the 40th minute of play forced Nacional's goalkeeper Juaneizu Merida to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Grabiel Escorcia in the 42nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ni Tian Peng prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 43 played minutes Nacional got a freekick which was hit by Xu Sha. Grabiel Escorcia blasted a shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ni Tian Peng having to make a save. Ni Tian Peng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grabiel Escorcia, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-6 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Ni Tian Peng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grabiel Escorcia, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. After 56th play minutes Nikos Valassiou shot 1-6, a short shot which went by Juaneizu Merida and just under the crossbar into goal. Juaneizu Merida showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nikos Valassiou, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. In the 62nd minute Thanos Kalikis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juaneizu Merida saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 63rd minute, Nikos Valassiou hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nacional's Walme Yurre was substituted for Mendiko Bueres. A collision led to El Pinar getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Nikos Valassiou hit a great ball. Ni Tian Peng stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Grabiel Escorcia's shot from short distance in the 66th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grabiel Escorcia in the 68th minute of play forced El Pinar's goalkeeper Ni Tian Peng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 74th minute Grabiel Escorcia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ni Tian Peng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Grabiel Escorcia received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ni Tian Peng came out and tried to block the shot, but Grabiel Escorcia slotted it home off the left post making it 1-7 in the 80th minute. Milio Carcamo hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Grabiel Escorcia's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ni Tian Peng was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. Grabiel Escorcia succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-8 in the 86th playminute. Juaneizu Merida showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Henrik Kock, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Juaneizu Merida took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nikos Valassiou, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 94th minute Henrik Kock shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juaneizu Merida saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Nacional supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Nacional would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.