Official Cup

City Palace Stadium
Spectators: 144 (Terracing: 109, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Julian Efraim started the match with the kick off. When the match had gone on for 13 minutes, Veto Steller put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Xencio Millan. Cardiff City FC's Xencio Millan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Melchor Uzuri in the 17th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Generoso Rufio in the 19th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Xencio Millan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Xencio Millan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Veto Steller in the 24th minute of play. In the 26th minute, one of La Pachorra LSF:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for La Pachorra LSF. After some careless play in the Cardiff City FC defense, Generoso Rufio kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Xencio Millan. The Cardiff City FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Xencio Millan should have stopped the shot. In the 40th minute, Melchor Uzuri ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Xencio Millan was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. In the 44th minute, Hugo Loi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eriberto Erlantz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Julian Efraim, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Generoso Rufio made the kick off in the second half. After taking down the ball on La Pachorra LSF's corner Magnus Kübler fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Xencio Millan quite easily take care of the ball. Eriberto Erlantz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oscar Blai, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. If Veto Steller had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 63 minutes into the match, Cardiff City FC's goal looked a bit too open when Melchor Uzuri came free, but Xencio Millan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. La Pachorra LSF's Eriberto Erlantz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julian Efraim in the 66th minute of play. Xencio Millan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Generoso Rufio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 69th match minute, Cardiff City FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jairo Ler to maneuver through the defense. La Pachorra LSF's Eriberto Erlantz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julian Efraim in the 72nd minute of play. Generoso Rufios short, quick shot in the 74thth minute got Xencio Millan to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After 75 played minutes Generoso Rufio rounded Cardiff City FC's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-4. La Pachorra LSF's Teodoro Gilen was substituted for Generoso Rufio. The audience thought a goal was coming when Teodoro Gilen got free with Xencio Millan in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 81st minute Julian Efraim shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eriberto Erlantz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 89 minutes into the game, La Pachorra LSF's Veto Steller nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Xencio Millan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-5. In the 93rd match minute, Cardiff City FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pastor Gaskon to maneuver through the defense. After recieving a nice pass, La Pachorra LSF's Magnus Kübler tried to score from far away in the 94th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After 95 played minutes Cardiff City FC got a freekick which was hit by M. Andik Faturrahman. Magnus Kübler took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 96th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Xencio Millan. Cardiff City FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The Cardiff City FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. La Pachorra LSF were clearly better and deserved to take the win.