Official Cup

Estadio Guayquiraró
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) In the 4th minute, Jonatan Palban hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 7 minutes into the match, Mauro's goal looked a bit too open when Fabio Sadurni came free, but Lu Hong Qiang reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 12th minute, Karol Kinic ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Justo Ruy was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 18 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mauro's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Aztore was slow to take the kick. During this time NUMBA's players had a chance to rest. Justo Ruy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Islam Slimani, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fabio Sadurni got free with Lu Hong Qiang in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 25th minute Islam Slimani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Justo Ruy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Mauro getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Edoardo Di Mattia hit a great ball. In the 30th minute of the match Daniel Aztore shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Lu Hong Qiang showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Islam Slimani's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Justo Ruy read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 32nd minute of play. 33 minutes into the match, Mauro's Karol Kinic sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Justo Ruy narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Leonardo Salvino received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Lu Hong Qiang came out and tried to block the shot, but Leonardo Salvino slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 34th minute. Justo Ruy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wasyl Pincoski, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Lu Hong Qiang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonardo Salvino in the 43rd minute of play.

In the 50th minute, Wasyl Pincoski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonatan Palban recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 52nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 54 minutes into the match, NUMBA's goalkeeper Justo Ruy had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Karol Kinic. Lu Hong Qiang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonatan Palban in the 56th minute of the match. After having played for 57 minutes, Jonatan Palban managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. NUMBA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jonatan Palban was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 67 minutes, Luka Modrić mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mauro and the NUMBA players grew even worse after the yellow card. Luka Modrić hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Lu Hong Qiang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonardo Salvino in the 71st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernardo Quinten in the 72nd minute of play forced Mauro's goalkeeper Lu Hong Qiang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lu Hong Qiang showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bernardo Quinten, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. The audience was convinced that Jonatan Palban's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lu Hong Qiang was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. 81 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mauro's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Aztore was slow to take the kick. During this time NUMBA's players had a chance to rest. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Jonatan Palban advanced and headed the ball into goal, 5-1 in the 81st minute. Lu Hong Qiang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernardo Quinten in the 84th minute of the match. Bernardo Quinten sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jonatan Palban in the 89th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Lu Hong Qiang prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a little luck, NUMBA's Justo Ruy got control of the ball when Karol Kinic tried to sneak it across the goal line. 93 minutes into the match, NUMBA's goalkeeper Justo Ruy had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Wasyl Pincoski. In the 95th minute, Jonatan Palban ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lu Hong Qiang was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-1. There was no doubt that NUMBA were the better team. NUMBA's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.