Official Cup

Empatedomedro
Spectators: 170 (Terracing: 128, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) Deportivo Empate's Mannie Abella started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 5th minute, Nardo Casaviella ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nicholas Abello was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mannie Abella got free with Fernando Collantes in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Franco Abascal came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the Deportivo Empate fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Franco Abascal couldn't finish the play. With a little luck, Deportivo Qhapaq Ñan's Fernando Collantes got control of the ball when Mannie Abella tried to sneak it across the goal line. Deportivo Empate's Nicholas Abello played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christobal Riazos in the 20th minute of play. Aitor Castañeda hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Guter Abarca's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fernando Collantes was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. Mannie Abella took the ball and in the 31 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fernando Collantes. Fernando Collantes dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Franco Abascal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fernando Collantes having to interfere. Fernando Collantes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mannie Abella in the 45th minute of play.

The wind increased when Christobal Riazos made the kick off in the second half. Nicholas Abello showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christobal Riazos, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. In the 58th minute Mannie Abella shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fernando Collantes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fernando Collantes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Franco Abascal in the 59th minute of the match. Nicholas Abello made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nardo Casaviella in the 60th minute of play. After 65 minutes of play, Deportivo Empate's Mannie Abella made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fernando Collantes was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Christobal Riazos fell near the penalty area in the 69th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Deportivo Qhapaq Ñan's protests and gave Christobal Riazos a yellow card for diving instead. 76 minutes into the match, Deportivo Qhapaq Ñan's goal looked a bit too open when Mannie Abella came free, but Fernando Collantes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Guter Abarca's late challenge caught a Deportivo Qhapaq Ñan's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Guter Abarca helped the player get up and apologised. In the 81st minute, Guter Abarca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fernando Collantes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guter Abarca in the 85th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Deportivo Qhapaq Ñan's Nardo Casaviella got a free kick in the 86th minute. Guter Abarca blasted a shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Fernando Collantes having to make a save. Fernando Collantes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Franco Abascal in the 89th minute of play. Fernando Collantes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Franco Abascal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 96th minute, Deportivo Qhapaq Ñan's Christobal Riazos ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Nicholas Abello. Nicholas Abello yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-2. Deportivo Qhapaq Ñan succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Deportivo Empate had controlled the match.