Official Cup

Estadio Salelles
Spectators: 155 (Terracing: 117, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) 3 minutes into the game, Matthew De la Torre recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Cristiano Garcia. Matthew De la Torre showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. Ahmed Venon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucila Beloki, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Cristiano Garcia made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fidel Astudillo in the 6th minute. Ahmed Venon didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lucila Beloki went, in the 8th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 12th minute, Fidel Astudillo reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Cristiano Garcia. The goal made the score 2-1. With 16 minutes on the clock, Argenis Gasso commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. John Herrera was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 17th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. 20 minutes into the match, Futbolin's goal looked a bit too open when Matthew De la Torre came free, but Cristiano Garcia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 22 played minutes Futbolin got a freekick which was hit by Ramón Abad. In the 28th minute Futbolin were awarded a corner. John Herrera went to the cornerflag to take it. Cristiano Garcia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matthew De la Torre in the 33rd minute of the match. 34 minutes had been played when some careless play by Futbolin's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Matthew De la Torre was slow to take the kick. During this time Salelles's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Mero Pascua got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Cristiano Garcia quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Cristiano Garcia came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Salelles's Fidel Astudillo. But to his dismay, Fidel Astudillo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Fidel Astudillo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Cristiano Garcia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Futbolin's Lucila Beloki got a free kick in the 44th minute. Futbolin's Cristiano Garcia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matthew De la Torre in the 45th minute of play. 47 minutes into the match, Lucila Beloki had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ahmed Venon. Salelles's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lucila Beloki was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-2 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Matthew De la Torre stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Salelles booed when Futbolin was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lucila Beloki didn't get a good kick on the ball. Paulino Marin hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice moves Ramón Abad could shoot a difficult shot in the 54th minute, which Ahmed Venon however easily saved by the left post. In the 55th match minute, Futbolin was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bastia Dagora to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Matthew De la Torre in the 57th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cristiano Garcia saved Futbolin from getting behind. Cristiano Garcia stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Matthew De la Torre's shot from short distance in the 57th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bastia Dagora got free with Ahmed Venon in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Fidel Astudillo scored 4-2 in the 65th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cristiano Garcia, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Giorgio Camacho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristiano Garcia having to interfere. Ramón Abad could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but Ahmed Venon made a huge save. The crowd rose to their feet as Futbolin's Lucila Beloki slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ahmed Venon. That made the score 4-3 after 80 minutes of play. Ahmed Venon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bastia Dagora in the 82nd minute of the match. Ahmed Venon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bastia Dagora, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Cristiano Garcia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matthew De la Torre, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 88 played minutes Bastia Dagora rounded Salelles's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 4-4. After a defensive mix-up in Salelles's zone, Ramón Abad stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ahmed Venon came out of the goal and Ramón Abad tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 95 minutes into the game, Lucila Beloki recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Ahmed Venon. Lucila Beloki showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 4-5. Futbolin's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.