Official Cup

Mercado Abastos
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Silverio Montrel started the match with the kick off. SIDI's Sixto Peio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Silverio Montrel in the 4th minute of play. Esteban Balendin was a little too slow when Honorato Ourente got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 7th minute. The score was now 1-0. A collision led to SIDI getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Feliberto Montrel hit a great ball. SIDI's German Firmo pulled a muscle in his back after 12 minutes and couldn't finish the game. SIDI made a substitution. Florentino Jakue replaced German Firmo. In the 14th minute, Silverio Montrel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marco Lekubegi who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 15thth minute tested the skills of Esteban Balendin when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The supporters of Darkness booed when SIDI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Isidoro George didn't get a good kick on the ball. Esteban Balendin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Feliberto Montrel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Silverio Montrel recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 24th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, SIDI's Laureano Fortun got a free kick in the 25th minute. Fausto Teofilio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sixto Peio having to interfere. Marco Lekubegi charged in rather forcefully in the 32nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Marco Lekubegi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, SIDI's Marco Lekubegi got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Sixto Peio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fausto Teofilio in the 34th minute of play. Sixto Peio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Silverio Montrel in the 37th minute of the match. 38 minutes into the game, Tobias Rami was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Darkness's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SIDI the free kick. After some careless play in the Darkness defense, Marco Lekubegi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Esteban Balendin. The Darkness fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Esteban Balendin should have stopped the shot. In the 44th minute, Silverio Montrel left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Darkness fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Esteban Balendin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marco Lekubegi in the 47th minute.

The wind increased when Marco Lekubegi made the kick off in the second half. If Fausto Teofilio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Silverio Montrel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Esteban Balendin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Honorato Ourente, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 62 minutes into the match, Marco Lekubegi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Esteban Balendin. Darkness's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marco Lekubegi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. In the 65th minute, Fausto Teofilio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 66th minute of the match Jonas Gomez shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Esteban Balendin showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 67 minutes of play Darkness's Tobias Rami was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 67 played minutes Darkness got a freekick which was hit by Tobias Rami. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Marco Lekubegi in the 68th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Esteban Balendin saved Darkness from getting behind. Esteban Balendin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marco Lekubegi's shot from short distance in the 69th minute. Florentino Raymond could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Sixto Peio made a huge save. Sixto Peio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Silverio Montrel went, in the 73rd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, Darkness's Leonides Ponc got a free kick in the 81st minute. In the 85th minute, Marco Lekubegi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Esteban Balendin was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-2. Florentino Raymond fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sixto Peio having to interfere. Silverio Montrel who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 91stth minute tested the skills of Sixto Peio when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Darkness's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because SIDI had won, even though Darkness had held more of the ball.