Official Cup

Gran Parque Central
Spectators: 188 (Terracing: 142, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mimoun Palić started the match with the kick off. In the 8th minute Eliodor Elian shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juaneizu Merida saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Urbasa Jofre showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grabiel Escorcia, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Urbasa Jofre showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grabiel Escorcia in the 12th minute of the match. Juaneizu Merida showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eliodor Elian, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Juaneizu Merida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eliodor Elian in the 19th minute of the match. The referee felt a red card was in order, 22 minutes into the game, when Mendiko Bueres put in a rough tackle. In a very dangerous position, a player in Nacional fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 22nd minute. Penalty! Mimoun Palić shot the penalty kick right outside the post. Juaneizu Merida took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eliodor Elian, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nacional's attentive Felipe Carballo managed to snatch the ball when Eliodor Elian made a throw-in in the 28th minute of the game. A collision led to Nacional getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Camilo Candido hit a great ball. Juaneizu Merida took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eliodor Elian, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Juaneizu Merida showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mimoun Palić, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. In the 33rd minute of the match ...ASGARD... got a corner. Nacional's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Iulian Noica ran over to the corner to take the kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grabiel Escorcia in the 35th minute of play forced ...ASGARD...'s goalkeeper Urbasa Jofre to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 43 played minutes ...ASGARD... got a freekick which was hit by Iulian Noica. Juaneizu Merida showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mimoun Palić, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Grabiel Escorcia made a kick off. 51 minutes into the game, William Dahlqvist cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Juaneizu Merida was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 54th minute Eliodor Elian shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juaneizu Merida saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eliodor Elian got free with Juaneizu Merida in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Juaneizu Merida made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eliodor Elian in the 60th minute. William Dahlqvist was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 60th minute. ...ASGARD...'s manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. After 66 minutes of play, Nacional's Grabiel Escorcia made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Urbasa Jofre was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 68th minute Grabiel Escorcia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Urbasa Jofre saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 74th minute, ...ASGARD...'s Mimoun Palić ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Juaneizu Merida. Juaneizu Merida yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-2. Nacional's Ni Xun was substituted for Luciano Inverso. Nacional's Juaneizu Merida proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save Nacional from getting a goal against them. Urbasa Jofre took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ursino Brunet, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nacional's Juaneizu Merida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mimoun Palić in the 82nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, ...ASGARD...'s William Dahlqvist got a free kick in the 89th minute. Urbasa Jofre made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ursino Brunet in the 90th minute of play. Eliodor Elian's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 91stth minute, Juaneizu Merida skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. When the final whistle sounded ...ASGARD... left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Nacional.