Official Cup

Folke Anderson
Spectators: 184 (Terracing: 139, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Minor Godinez made the kick off which started today's match. LinuX F.C.'s Bernardo Arias proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save LinuX F.C. from getting a goal against them. In the 6th minute Frank Soto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aguinaga Nebot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bernardo Arias made a fantastic save in the 11th minute, when Damian Maftei sent off a good shot on target. Aguinaga Nebot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Minor Godinez, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Damian Maftei got free with Bernardo Arias in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A throw-in in the 22nd minute of the game was made by Alfonso Mena with Minor Godinez as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. 23 minutes into the match, Esmeraldas S.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Minor Godinez came free, but Aguinaga Nebot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 25th match minute, LinuX F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pepe Sibaja to maneuver through the defense. In the 26th minute Elmer Lozano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aguinaga Nebot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Esmeraldas S.C.'s Stefanos Terzopoulos in the 28th minute got a chance for a shot 28th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye LinuX F.C.'s goalie prevented a goal. After some careless play in the LinuX F.C. defense, Willy Reynolds kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bernardo Arias. The LinuX F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bernardo Arias should have stopped the shot. Bernardo Arias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damian Maftei in the 34th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Elmer Lozano in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aguinaga Nebot saved Esmeraldas S.C. from getting behind. Aguinaga Nebot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elmer Lozano, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Bernardo Arias took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damian Maftei, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aguinaga Nebot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elmer Lozano in the 43rd minute of play. 44 minutes into the match, Esmeraldas S.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Minor Godinez came free, but Aguinaga Nebot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aguinaga Nebot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicolas Morales in the 46th minute of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Damian Maftei made the kick off in the second half. LinuX F.C.'s Bernardo Arias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martinez Cines in the 52nd minute of play. After 52 minutes of play, Esmeraldas S.C.'s Martinez Cines made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bernardo Arias was left in no man's land by his defense there! Esmeraldas S.C.'s Aguinaga Nebot proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Esmeraldas S.C. from getting a goal against them. Damian Maftei received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Bernardo Arias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 75th minute Willy Reynolds shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bernardo Arias saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 76 minutes into the match, LinuX F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Stefanos Terzopoulos came free, but Bernardo Arias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 78th match minute, LinuX F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Elmer Lozano to maneuver through the defense. Wilmer Guadamuz hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Esmeraldas S.C. were awarded a corner in the 82th minute after LinuX F.C.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Stefanos Terzopoulos took the corner. In the 85th minute, Jorge Padilla hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to LinuX F.C. getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Tulio Burgos hit a great ball. After 89 played minutes Esmeraldas S.C. got a freekick which was hit by Damian Maftei. Esmeraldas S.C.'s Aguinaga Nebot played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Minor Godinez in the 90th minute of play. In the 92nd minute, Damian Maftei ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bernardo Arias was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. Minor Godinez recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 96th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal.