Official Cup

Mandarinero
Spectators: 205 (Terracing: 154, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tibalt Abellaneda got the match started through his kick off. Nicodemo Abancens charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nicodemo Abancens the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, La Mandarina Mecánica's Nicodemo Abancens got a free kick in the 3rd minute. After 5th play minutes Rey Villarragut shot 0-1, a short shot which went by Fulgencio Abajas and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 8th minute, La Mandarina Mecánica's Tibalt Abellaneda ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Calvet Babia. Calvet Babia yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. Etxatxu Penas hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Beila Usel in the 13th minute of play forced La Mandarina Mecánica's goalkeeper Fulgencio Abajas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fulgencio Abajas didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Valle Saron's Rey Villarragut shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Elpidio Menendez scored 1-3 in the 20th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fulgencio Abajas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Fulgencio Abajas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elpidio Menendez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Rey Villarragut's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fulgencio Abajas was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. Sasoin Abancens was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 29 minutes into the match. A hard and well directed shot from Joey Lugunez led 31 minutes into the game to a goal after the ball had bounced deceptively just in front of the goal. La Mandarina Mecánica's Fulgencio Abajas became a little unsure and couldn't grip the ball before it was over the goalline. Thus it was 1-4. Fulgencio Abajas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joey Lugunez, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rey Villarragut stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Valle Saron's Zadornin Foronda ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Fulgencio Abajas. Fulgencio Abajas yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-5. In the 65th play minute Rey Villarragut came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Fulgencio Abajas. 1-6. Fulgencio Abajas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Joey Lugunez in the 68th minute. 72 minutes into the match, La Mandarina Mecánica's Fermin Abella sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Calvet Babia narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to La Mandarina Mecánica getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Quirze Abadia hit a great ball. Joey Lugunez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Fulgencio Abajas made a huge save. The La Mandarina Mecánica fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Valle Saron were clearly better and deserved to take the win.