Official Cup

Jhonny Ortigoza
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Humberto Beat got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Sarmiento de Resistencia's Siro Elazar got a free kick in the 4th minute. 5 minutes into the game, Aureliano Raebert cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Benigno Manilan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to Sarmiento de Resistencia getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Siro Elazar hit a great ball. When Sarmiento de Resistencia's Romeo Berdaitz in the 9th minute got a chance for a shot 9th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Los Trip's goalie prevented a goal. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind Los Trip's goalkeeper Orlando Cristofor, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Romeo Berdaitz struck a weak shot in the 12th minute. Orlando Cristofor didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sarmiento de Resistencia. In the 15th minute of the match, Roman Liher tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Benigno Manilan saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Romeo Berdaitz in the 17th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Orlando Cristofor saved Los Trip from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Romeo Berdaitz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Orlando Cristofor was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Benigno Manilan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Roman Liher went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. 28 minutes into the match, Los Trip's goal looked a bit too open when Romeo Berdaitz came free, but Orlando Cristofor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Orlando Cristofor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Romeo Berdaitz in the 29th minute of play. Sarmiento de Resistencia's Benigno Manilan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Sarmiento de Resistencia from getting a goal against them. Humberto Beat fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benigno Manilan having to interfere. Sarmiento de Resistencia's Benigno Manilan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save Sarmiento de Resistencia from getting a goal against them. Benigno Manilan was a little too slow when Humberto Beat got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 41st minute. The score was now 3-0. After 44 played minutes Sarmiento de Resistencia got a freekick which was hit by Siro Elazar. In the 45th minute Aureliano Raebert shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benigno Manilan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 46th match minute, Sarmiento de Resistencia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Braulio Ourente to maneuver through the defense. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Siro Elazar made the kick off in the second half. Sarmiento de Resistencia's Benigno Manilan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roman Liher in the 53rd minute of play. Benigno Manilan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isaias Matxin in the 55th minute of play. Humberto Beat received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Benigno Manilan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 68 minutes into the match, Los Trip's goal looked a bit too open when Romeo Berdaitz came free, but Orlando Cristofor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Sarmiento de Resistencia getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Siro Elazar hit a great ball. After 77 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Los Trip! Orlando Cristofor went to the wrong direction when Rodolfo Mambru was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. Romeo Berdaitz had several of the Los Trip's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 81 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 3-1 score and a disappointed Orlando Cristofor as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 83rd minute, Hipolito Taurino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 88 minutes of play, Sarmiento de Resistencia's Romeo Berdaitz made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Orlando Cristofor was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Sarmiento de Resistencia getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Pedro Pirmin hit a great ball. Los Trip's Orlando Cristofor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romeo Berdaitz in the 97th minute of play. When the referee ended the match the Los Trip players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.