Official Cup

Pepo Aravena
Spectators: 195 (Terracing: 147, Seating: 45, VIP seats: 3) Tabalongo AFC's Sebastián Dell´Orto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luis Aravena in the 6th minute of play. In the 7th minute, Lucero Smith hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sebastián Dell´Orto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hipolito Fritz, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Tabalongo AFC's attentive Lucero Smith managed to snatch the ball when Ariel Almeyda made a throw-in in the 20th minute of the game. After 31 played minutes Tabalongo AFC got a freekick which was hit by Eber Larralde. Silvio Lastarria took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 32nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Sebastián Dell´Orto. Tabalongo AFC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 39th minute there was a penalty for Tabalongo AFC. Ubaldo Hormeño stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Tomás Las Casas. 1-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hipolito Fritz in the 42nd minute of play forced Tabalongo AFC's goalkeeper Sebastián Dell´Orto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sebastián Dell´Orto stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hipolito Fritz's shot from short distance in the 42nd minute. Sebastián Dell´Orto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luis Aravena in the 43rd minute of the match. Luis Aravena could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Sebastián Dell´Orto made a huge save. Tomás Las Casas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Máximo Cumplido in the 47th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Eber Larralde stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Magallanes's Tomás Las Casas got control of the ball when Marcos Soffia tried to sneak it across the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 55 minutes, Tomás Las Casas successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Sebastián Dell´Orto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hipolito Fritz in the 57th minute of play. Sebastián Dell´Orto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luis Aravena in the 60th minute of play. Sebastián Dell´Orto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leopoldo Jacinto Herboso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Máximo Cumplido's late challenge caught a Magallanes's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Máximo Cumplido helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Magallanes booed when Tabalongo AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Máximo Cumplido didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 68th minute of the match Filipo Paut sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Sebastián Dell´Orto skillfully saved the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Emanuel Almendras got free with Tomás Las Casas in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Máximo Cumplido's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Tomás Las Casas firmly grabbed it by the left post. Tabalongo AFC's Sebastián Dell´Orto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luis Aravena in the 76th minute of play. Sebastián Dell´Orto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hipolito Fritz in the 77th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 79 minutes, Hipolito Fritz put it in 2-3 from a short distance just to the right of Sebastián Dell´Orto. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Luis Aravena in the 84th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sebastián Dell´Orto prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 86 minutes Tabalongo AFC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Filipo Paut who took care of the corner kick. Sebastián Dell´Orto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luis Aravena, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Luis Aravena fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sebastián Dell´Orto having to interfere. Tabalongo AFC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.