Official Cup

Palermo
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Abuba Akotonon FC's Clemente Herena 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. Anacleto Damario hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. If Valentín Barco had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Palermo AFC's Everardo Esquipula got a free kick in the 12th minute. 14 minutes had been played when some careless play by Palermo AFC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Silvio Quinteros was slow to take the kick. During this time Abuba Akotonon FC's players had a chance to rest. Clemente Herena blasted a shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Severino Barros having to make a save. After a rather tough play, Palermo AFC's Octavio Frascuelo got a free kick in the 17th minute. Erasmo Ellande hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. In the 20th minute of the match Silvio Quinteros shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Severino Barros showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 26 played minutes Abuba Akotonon FC got a freekick which was hit by Gabriel Ostargi. In the 29th match minute, Abuba Akotonon FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leo Ursino to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Clemente Herena in the 34th minute of play forced Palermo AFC's goalkeeper Severino Barros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 41st minute, Leo Ursino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Palermo AFC getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Anselmo Astudillo hit a great ball. In the 44th minute, Clemente Herena ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Severino Barros was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Israel Odilon stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 51 played minutes Abuba Akotonon FC got a freekick which was hit by Cristian Medina. Aarón Anselmino charged in rather forcefully in the 53rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Aarón Anselmino the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Aarón Anselmino kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. Ariel Tximitx showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Israel Odilon, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Severino Barros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valentín Barco in the 58th minute of the match. The referee felt a red card was in order, 60 minutes into the game, when Eleuterio Teodor put in a rough tackle. In the 64th minute, Anselmo Astudillo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 70th minute, Anselmo Astudillo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ariel Tximitx came out of the goal in the 72nd minute to try and stop a shot by Palermo AFC's Israel Odilon. But to his dismay, Israel Odilon quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Israel Odilon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Ariel Tximitx tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 82nd minute Israel Odilon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ariel Tximitx saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 85 minutes into the match, Abuba Akotonon FC's goal looked a bit too open when Israel Odilon came free, but Ariel Tximitx reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Silvio Quinteros kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. If Edinson Cavani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Abuba Akotonon FC players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.