Official Cup

Juan Jose Pizzuti
Spectators: 149 (Terracing: 112, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Slawomir Turak started the match with the kick off. Yao Ang Feng was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 6th minute. 25 de Abril Futbol Club's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Slawomir Turak in the 9th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sobah Garcha prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Yao Ang Feng had several of the Paso FC's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 11 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 1-0 score and a disappointed Sobah Garcha as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 14th minute, Miguel Urtungo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Elpidio Beat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonathan Calleri in the 16th minute of the match. Elpidio Beat showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nilson Amaral, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Elpidio Beat made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Silvestre Cutberto in the 27th minute of play. In the 28th match minute, 25 de Abril Futbol Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Miguel Urtungo to maneuver through the defense. In the 29th minute, Yao Ang Feng hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Elpidio Beat made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Silvestre Cutberto in the 30th minute of play. Paso FC's Sobah Garcha proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Paso FC from getting a goal against them. Marcelo Tajo might have been able to make a better finish in the 33rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Elpidio Beat. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Marcelo Tajo ran back to his position shaking his head. After recieving a nice pass, 25 de Abril Futbol Club's Miguel Urtungo tried to score from far away in the 35th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonathan Calleri in the 37th minute of play forced 25 de Abril Futbol Club's goalkeeper Elpidio Beat to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Elpidio Beat made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonathan Calleri in the 37th minute of play. The supporters of 25 de Abril Futbol Club booed when Paso FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tomas Piearres didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tomas Piearres during the 39th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After having played for 40 minutes, Miguel Urtungo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 25 de Abril Futbol Club's supporters crossed their fingers, but Miguel Urtungo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Miguel Urtungo hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Sobah Garcha made an important save on a dangerous shot by Slawomir Turak in the 44th minute. Sobah Garcha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yao Ang Feng, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The wind increased when Silvestre Cutberto made the kick off in the second half. Elpidio Beat made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marcelo Tajo in the 51st minute. The supporters of Paso FC booed when 25 de Abril Futbol Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aaron Fix didn't get a good kick on the ball. Elpidio Beat made a fantastic save in the 54th minute, when Marcelo Tajo sent off a good shot on target. In the 56th minute Slawomir Turak shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sobah Garcha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With an all-out effort, Paso FC's Elpidio Beat threw himself towards the right post 57 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Silvestre Cutberto, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Elpidio Beat made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Silvestre Cutberto in the 63rd minute of play. Donato Bladi made in the 64th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by 25 de Abril Futbol Club's Aaron Fix. When Jonathan Calleri came up free with the goalie in the 65th minute, the Paso FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jonathan Calleri couldn't finish the play. Through an outstanding action, after 66 minutes, Elpidio Beat successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Elpidio Beat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Silvestre Cutberto in the 68th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Silvestre Cutberto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Elpidio Beat was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. In the 72nd minute, Silvestre Cutberto left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Paso FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. After a rather tough play, 25 de Abril Futbol Club's Miguel Urtungo got a free kick in the 76th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Silvestre Cutberto in the 81st minute of play forced 25 de Abril Futbol Club's goalkeeper Elpidio Beat to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 83rd minute, Yao Ang Feng ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sobah Garcha was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. In the 87th minute Paso FC were awarded a corner. Elijo Conchas went to the cornerflag to take it. Elpidio Beat made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when Jonathan Calleri sent off a good shot on target. When the match had gone on for 93 minutes, Jonathan Calleri put it in 2-2 from a short distance just to the right of Elpidio Beat.