Official Cup

Battle of death
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Deportivo Popolizio FBC's Quintan Ontavilla 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. Eduardo Lezarreta stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Julio De Leon's shot from short distance in the 7th minute. 13 minutes into the match, Deportivo Popolizio FBC's goal looked a bit too open when Julio De Leon came free, but Eduardo Lezarreta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Loren Canel hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. In the 18th match minute, Deportivo Popolizio FBC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hector-Luis Almandoz to maneuver through the defense. When the match clock showed 23 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Quintan Ontavilla sped through ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Milton Diaz. The audience was convinced that Baladi Vellana's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Milton Diaz was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. In the 35th minute Julio De Leon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eduardo Lezarreta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eduardo Lezarreta made an important save on a dangerous shot by Orlando Ramos in the 39th minute. Hermes Pinilla's late challenge caught a Deportivo Popolizio FBC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hermes Pinilla helped the player get up and apologised. In the 42nd match minute, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hermes Pinilla to maneuver through the defense. Milton Diaz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Quintan Ontavilla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 48th minute of the match Deportivo Popolizio FBC got a corner. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Felipe Sotelo ran over to the corner to take the kick. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Raul Brandao made a kick off. After 53 played minutes Deportivo Popolizio FBC got a freekick which was hit by Teofilo Alcala. After 68 minutes, Hector-Luis Almandoz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Deportivo Popolizio FBC and the ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ players grew even worse after the yellow card. Hector-Luis Almandoz hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. A collision led to Deportivo Popolizio FBC getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Felipe Sotelo hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Teofilo Alcala during the 75th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 77th minute, Deportivo Popolizio FBC's Quintan Ontavilla ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Milton Diaz. Milton Diaz yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-2. With an all-out effort, Deportivo Popolizio FBC's Milton Diaz threw himself towards the right post 88 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Baladi Vellana, which otherwise would have been placed in the net.