Official Cup

Atahualpa
Spectators: 447 (Terracing: 336, Seating: 103, VIP seats: 8) Vicente Quintal started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Gordon Zamora showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexandre Tande, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. After 7 played minutes MARIANO MORENO DE JUNÍN got a freekick which was hit by Maximino Arnau. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maximino Arnau in the 12th minute of play forced The Best Ones's goalkeeper Juarês Fantini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. MARIANO MORENO DE JUNÍN's Gordon Zamora played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vicente Quintal in the 13th minute of play. The Best Ones's Juarês Fantini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Simon Francis in the 14th minute of play. In the 14th minute, MARIANO MORENO DE JUNÍN's Simon Francis ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Juarês Fantini. Juarês Fantini yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vicente Quintal in the 19th minute of play forced MARIANO MORENO DE JUNÍN's goalkeeper Gordon Zamora to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Juarês Fantini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Delmiro Fernandez in the 20th minute of the match. In the 24th minute The Best Ones were awarded a corner. Jean Correia went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Jean Correia almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but MARIANO MORENO DE JUNÍN's Gordon Zamora did a great save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Aquiles Romildo during the 28th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to MARIANO MORENO DE JUNÍN getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Aquiles Romildo hit a great ball. Jean Correia took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 29th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Gordon Zamora. MARIANO MORENO DE JUNÍN's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Vicente Quintal in the 30th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gordon Zamora saved MARIANO MORENO DE JUNÍN from getting behind. Nelson Correia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gordon Zamora having to interfere. 36 minutes into the game, The Best Ones's Alexandre Tande nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gordon Zamora made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. MARIANO MORENO DE JUNÍN's Evelio Arlo was substituted for Simon Francis. In the 41st minute Deivid Passos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gordon Zamora saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When The Best Ones's Vicente Quintal in the 42nd minute got a chance for a shot 42nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye MARIANO MORENO DE JUNÍN's goalie prevented a goal. In the 43rd minute, Vicente Quintal ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gordon Zamora was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. If Vicente Quintal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Evelio Arlo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, MARIANO MORENO DE JUNÍN's Gordon Zamora got control of the ball when Deivid Passos tried to sneak it across the goal line. 54 minutes into the match, The Best Ones's Vicente Quintal sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gordon Zamora narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Vicente Quintal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 64th minute, Narciso Jenaro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jean Correia took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 65th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Gordon Zamora. MARIANO MORENO DE JUNÍN's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. A collision led to MARIANO MORENO DE JUNÍN getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Narciso Jenaro hit a great ball. In the 71st minute Evelio Arlo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juarês Fantini saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Alexandre Tande's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gordon Zamora was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. In the 76th minute Evelio Arlo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juarês Fantini saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Vicente Quintal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The Best Ones made a substitution. Cristóvão de Sousa replaced Vicente Quintal. Gordon Zamora came out of the goal in the 84th minute to try and stop a shot by The Best Ones's Alexandre Tande. But to his dismay, Alexandre Tande quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. MARIANO MORENO DE JUNÍN's Gordon Zamora proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 91st minute of the match, managed to save MARIANO MORENO DE JUNÍN from getting a goal against them. The Best Ones's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jean Correia in the 92nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ignacy Falke in the 95th minute of play forced The Best Ones's goalkeeper Juarês Fantini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. The Best Ones had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.