Official Cup

Canelones
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Thanks to some nice moves Cain Canyelles could shoot a difficult shot in the 4th minute, which Sergio Romero however easily saved by the left post. Ionel Zărnescu's late challenge caught a Nubecitas FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ionel Zărnescu helped the player get up and apologised. In the 5th match minute, April 25 SC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ionel Zărnescu to maneuver through the defense. Sergio Romero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hélder de Lara, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 7th minute of the match Nubecitas FC got a corner. April 25 SC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Lu Yang Nan ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well done corner resulted in Miftah Astrajingga drilling the ball in to score 1-0 behind April 25 SC's goalkeeper. Nubecitas FC's Christodoulos Karabogias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ren Xi Chen in the 10th minute of play. The throw-in from Mieszko Trac in the 14th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Nubecitas FC's Cain Canyelles. If Hélder de Lara had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Sergio Romero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hélder de Lara, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sergio Romero made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hélder de Lara in the 17th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Nubecitas FC's zone, Ren Xi Chen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Christodoulos Karabogias came out of the goal and Ren Xi Chen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Christodoulos Karabogias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ren Xi Chen in the 27th minute of the match. Hélder de Lara's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 31stth minute, Sergio Romero skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 42nd match minute, April 25 SC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mieszko Trac to maneuver through the defense. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ren Xi Chen to strike the kick off in the second half. Sergio Romero showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hélder de Lara, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. The supporters of Nubecitas FC booed when April 25 SC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Laureano Sevilla didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 59th minute the ball was on its way in behind April 25 SC's goalkeeper Sergio Romero, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Oso Soprano hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Sergio Romero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hélder de Lara in the 62nd minute of the match. Benito Marques fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Christodoulos Karabogias having to interfere. 78 minutes into the match, Jordi Ferrari notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of April 25 SC's Sergio Romero. Sergio Romero was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match had gone on for 85 minutes, Benito Marques took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Christodoulos Karabogias to make any attempt to save it. After 90 minutes of play, Nubecitas FC's Cain Canyelles made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sergio Romero was left in no man's land by his defense there! Sergio Romero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jordi Ferrari in the 93rd minute of the match.