Official Cup

Carlos Pepillo
Spectators: 148 (Terracing: 112, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) Emiliano Lesardo started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Albert Rudberg recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Teodosio Nuxila made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Emiliano Lesardo sent off a good shot on target. Manchester Quijano's Albert Rudberg got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Emiliano Lesardo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Teodosio Nuxila having to interfere. Emiliano Lesardo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 19th minute Honorato Manex shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Albino Berriotxoa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Marcos Lorenzo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Teodosio Nuxila made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when Albert Rudberg sent off a good shot on target. In the 32nd minute, Folkert Engelaar got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Albino Berriotxoa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Honorato Manex in the 37th minute of the match. Albino Berriotxoa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Folkert Engelaar in the 38th minute of play. With a little luck, El Golden Volvió!'s Teodosio Nuxila got control of the ball when Emiliano Lesardo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Manchester Quijano's Albino Berriotxoa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damian Urko in the 43rd minute of play. Albino Berriotxoa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcos Lorenzo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 45 minutes of play, El Golden Volvió!'s Marcos Lorenzo made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Albino Berriotxoa was left in no man's land by his defense there! Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Marcos Lorenzo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st match minute, El Golden Volvió! was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by You Chao Yao to maneuver through the defense. Manchester Quijano's Albino Berriotxoa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Folkert Engelaar in the 55th minute of play. After 57 played minutes El Golden Volvió! got a freekick which was hit by Eugenios Dokas. Patrício Pizarro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 59th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fulgencio Araoz in the 63rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Albino Berriotxoa saved Manchester Quijano from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Honorato Manex in the 64th minute of play forced Manchester Quijano's goalkeeper Albino Berriotxoa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Honorato Manex received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Albino Berriotxoa came out and tried to block the shot, but Honorato Manex slotted it home off the left post making it 0-2 in the 71st minute. Manchester Quijano made a substitution. Herminio Anaya replaced Kyle Blacknell. Honorato Manex might have been able to make a better finish in the 82nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Albino Berriotxoa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Honorato Manex ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 87th match minute, Manchester Quijano was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arturo Txerran to maneuver through the defense. You Chao Yao hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. El Golden Volvió! walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.