Official Cup

Pepo Aravena
Spectators: 207 (Terracing: 156, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Peio Raggio started the match with the kick off. Mircea Popilean hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Svend Betz in the 12th minute of play forced Magallanes's goalkeeper Ksawery Witkowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Svend Betz in the 13th minute of play forced Magallanes's goalkeeper Ksawery Witkowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 15th minute, Tomás Thompson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Magallanes fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Magallanes's Elpidio Banda pulled a muscle in his leg after 17 minutes and couldn't finish the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Evelio Matetich during the 17th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ye Wei came out of the goal in the 19th minute to try and stop a shot by Magallanes's Peio Raggio. But to his dismay, Peio Raggio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Guille Aravena got free with Ye Wei in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 25th minute of the game Marta Calderon made a throw-in which Tomás Thompson played forward. Ye Wei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ida Bagus Leal, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Víctor Javier Ebensperger hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Ye Wei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Peio Raggio in the 40th minute of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Svend Betz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. FSX UNITED made a substitution. Marcelo Salas replaced Mircea Popilean. After a rather tough play, FSX UNITED's Mircea Popilean got a free kick in the 58th minute. Ksawery Witkowski made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Thomas Cochrane sent off a good shot on target. Magallanes's Ksawery Witkowski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcelo Salas in the 63rd minute of play. A collision led to Magallanes getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Rito Encina hit a great ball. Magallanes's Juan Fernando Pirola was substituted for Alejandro Campbell. After 65 played minutes Magallanes got a freekick which was hit by Rito Encina. After 66 minutes, Thomas Cochrane mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FSX UNITED and the Magallanes players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to FSX UNITED getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Thomas Cochrane hit a great ball. In the 68th minute Marcelo Salas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ksawery Witkowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ida Bagus Leal during the 69th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 69 played minutes Magallanes got a freekick which was hit by Ida Bagus Leal. Ye Wei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anacleto Dessauer in the 72nd minute of play. In the 74th minute, Zebastian Spets hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 90th minute, Kadim Sebil left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Magallanes fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. In the 94th minute Marcelo Salas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ksawery Witkowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Magallanes's Kadim Sebil got a free kick in the 95th minute. When Kadim Sebil got the opportunity to take care of a free kick it resulted in a really dangerous shot that almost went in the goal. Instead the ball went too high, a missed opportunity for Magallanes. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Magallanes fans cheered their team off the field, for while FSX UNITED had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.