Official Cup

Diego Maradona
Spectators: 170 (Terracing: 128, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) After a rather tough play, Descamisados CF's Anselmo Thomas got a free kick in the 3rd minute. In the 13th minute the ball was on its way in behind AC Batán's goalkeeper Ni Le Zheng, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jairo Baraquiel got free with Ni Le Zheng in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Lawrence Lawless made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Acácio Nogueira in the 17th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Acácio Nogueira's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lawrence Lawless was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. Ni Le Zheng made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Jairo Baraquiel sent off a good shot on target. AC Batán were awarded a corner in the 33th minute after Descamisados CF's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Horacio Theodore took the corner. In the 35th minute of the match AC Batán got a corner. Descamisados CF's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Horacio Theodore ran over to the corner to take the kick. 38 minutes into the match, Jairo Baraquiel dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ni Le Zheng, 1-0. Lawrence Lawless showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Acácio Nogueira in the 41st minute of the match. José Carlos da Silveira made in the 43rd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Konrad Wielkopolski however managed to control. Acácio Nogueira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Lawrence Lawless tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Acácio Nogueira to make the kick off. Acácio Nogueira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ni Le Zheng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jairo Baraquiel, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. 62 minutes into the game, AC Batán's Acácio Nogueira nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lawrence Lawless made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Descamisados CF's Celestino Artaldo was substituted for Anselmo Thomas. Lawrence Lawless came out of the goal in the 71st minute to try and stop a shot by AC Batán's Acácio Nogueira. But to his dismay, Acácio Nogueira quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. If Acácio Nogueira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 77 minutes into the match, Acácio Nogueira notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Descamisados CF's Lawrence Lawless. Lawrence Lawless was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. AC Batán's Fabricio Bustos was substituted for Konrad Wielkopolski. AC Batán's Cristoforo Di Ruscio was substituted for José Carlos da Silveira. After 82 minutes of play, Descamisados CF's Adrian Txartiko made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ni Le Zheng was left in no man's land by his defense there! Lawrence Lawless made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cristoforo Di Ruscio in the 85th minute. After a rather tough play, AC Batán's Ubaldo Afonso got a free kick in the 91st minute. After recieving a nice pass, Descamisados CF's Fabian Plaski tried to score from far away in the 92nd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 95th minute Celestino Artaldo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ni Le Zheng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Descamisados CF supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching AC Batán's performance. The match ended with a win for AC Batán.