Official Cup

EL PINO
Spectators: 184 (Terracing: 139, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nikos Valassiou took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, El Pinar's Milio Carcamo got a free kick in the 5th minute. In the 10thth minute of the game Tor Bern who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but El Pinar's Ni Tian Peng was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Zacarias Cabrero had great luck who in the 15thth minute grab hold of the ball when Nikos Valassiou from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. In the 17th minute the ball was on its way in behind El Pinar's goalkeeper Ni Tian Peng, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by El Pinar's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Salas Larrinzar was slow to take the kick. During this time Azul Y Plomo's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Azul Y Plomo's corner Hector-Luis Arzola fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ni Tian Peng quite easily take care of the ball. After a rather tough play, El Pinar's Milio Carcamo got a free kick in the 21st minute. After some careless play in the El Pinar defense, Tor Bern kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ni Tian Peng. The El Pinar fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ni Tian Peng should have stopped the shot. Azul Y Plomo were awarded a corner in the 32th minute after El Pinar's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Salas Larrinzar took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Latif Biçim got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ni Tian Peng quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 38th minute, Hector-Luis Arzola got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 42nd minute of the match, Toma Merlushkin got a very nice opportunity to score, but Zacarias Cabrero was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 46th minute Tor Bern shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ni Tian Peng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ni Tian Peng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hector-Luis Arzola, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tor Bern to strike the kick off in the second half. Ni Tian Peng went to the wrong direction when Tor Bern was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. 61 minutes into the match, El Pinar's goal looked a bit too open when Tor Bern came free, but Ni Tian Peng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ni Tian Peng made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when José Macías sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, El Pinar's Ni Tian Peng got control of the ball when José Macías tried to sneak it across the goal line. Zacarias Cabrero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikos Valassiou in the 69th minute of play. 70 minutes into the match, El Pinar's goalkeeper Ni Tian Peng had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by José Macías. Azul Y Plomo's Zuri Macías was substituted for Tor Bern. Milio Carcamo made in the 76th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Azul Y Plomo's José Macías. El Pinar's Ni Tian Peng played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zuri Macías in the 77th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Duarte Castellon in the 80th minute of play forced Azul Y Plomo's goalkeeper Zacarias Cabrero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zacarias Cabrero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Duarte Castellon in the 80th minute of the match. If Zuri Macías had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With a little luck, El Pinar's Ni Tian Peng got control of the ball when Zuri Macías tried to sneak it across the goal line. José Macías kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. Azul Y Plomo's Valdo Doral quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Milio Carcamo, made in the 95th minute of the game. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Azul Y Plomo eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.