Official Cup

El Coliseo
Spectators: 525 (Terracing: 394, Seating: 121, VIP seats: 10) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Damian Maftei kicked off to start the match. Haroldas Strazdas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stefanos Terzopoulos in the 3rd minute of play. Haroldas Strazdas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damian Maftei, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 10th minute of the match, Hugo Guerra tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Aguinaga Nebot saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 14 minutes into the match, Spartans FC's goal looked a bit too open when Damian Maftei came free, but Haroldas Strazdas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Martinez Cines in the 17th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Haroldas Strazdas prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Damian Maftei's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Haroldas Strazdas was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Esmeraldas S.C.'s Stefanos Terzopoulos got a good chance for a goal in the 24th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Hugo Guerra's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 26thth minute, Aguinaga Nebot skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Willy Reynolds scored 1-1 in the 27th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Haroldas Strazdas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Esmeraldas S.C.'s Aguinaga Nebot played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hugo Guerra in the 31st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hugo Guerra in the 32nd minute of play forced Esmeraldas S.C.'s goalkeeper Aguinaga Nebot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Spartans FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Amado Dagorret in the 34th minute. It was a well-played corner which Delmiro Makaus managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. In the 41st minute, Damian Maftei ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Haroldas Strazdas was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. In the 44th minute, Damian Maftei ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Haroldas Strazdas was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hugo Guerra stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 56th minute Willy Reynolds shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Haroldas Strazdas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 56 minutes of play, Esmeraldas S.C.'s Willy Reynolds made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Haroldas Strazdas was left in no man's land by his defense there! Aguinaga Nebot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hugo Guerra, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Willy Reynolds in the 69th minute of play forced Spartans FC's goalkeeper Haroldas Strazdas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Esmeraldas S.C.'s Daniel Castillo was substituted for Martinez Cines. 71 minutes had been played when some careless play by Spartans FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Stefanos Terzopoulos was slow to take the kick. During this time Esmeraldas S.C.'s players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Oskar Petersson heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. 74 minutes into the match, Hugo Guerra notched a goal, 2-4, to the right of Esmeraldas S.C.'s Aguinaga Nebot. Aguinaga Nebot was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Haroldas Strazdas was a little too slow when Willy Reynolds got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 77th minute. The score was now 2-5. 85 minutes into the match, Hugo Guerra had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aguinaga Nebot. Esmeraldas S.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hugo Guerra was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-5. Aguinaga Nebot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hugo Guerra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Haroldas Strazdas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stefanos Terzopoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hugo Guerra took the ball and in the 92 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aguinaga Nebot. Aguinaga Nebot dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-5.