Official Cup

Arena Apucarana
Spectators: 149 (Terracing: 112, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Anacleto Mascayano got the match started through his kick off. Anselmo Cossio was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 3 minutes into the match. In the 2nd minute, one of Ovalle City:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Ovalle City. The referee gave Nacional de Rolândia a penalty, 4 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Bob Rock, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Ovalle City's Rafa Hiriart. 1-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ernest Voicescu got free with Rafa Hiriart in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 10th minute, Ovalle City's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Ernest Voicescu fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Kang Lin Yi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rafa Hiriart having to interfere. Anacleto Mascayano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Victor Negri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 15th minute Kang Lin Yi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rafa Hiriart saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gláuber Cruz in the 18th minute of play forced Ovalle City's goalkeeper Rafa Hiriart to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 21st minute, Bob Rock managed to get in a good position for a shot. Nacional de Rolândia's supporters rose to their feet, but Bob Rock was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rafa Hiriart breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ovalle City's attentive Severino Coutinho managed to snatch the ball when Ernest Voicescu made a throw-in in the 27th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kang Lin Yi got free with Rafa Hiriart in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 37th minute, Kang Lin Yi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Nacional de Rolândia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. 42 minutes into the game, Ramon María Daldos was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ovalle City's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Nacional de Rolândia the free kick. Ramon María Daldos hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. The long shot by Igor Souza in the 43rd minute really tested Rafa Hiriart's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Kang Lin Yi kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 45thth minute. Though ot was a great shot Ovalle City's keeper Rafa Hiriart was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ernest Voicescu got free with Rafa Hiriart in the 46th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 47th minute, Cyryl Joks hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 56th minute, Ernest Voicescu made a precise shot to the right of Rafa Hiriart. Ovalle City's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. Rafa Hiriart showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kang Lin Yi, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Igor Souza hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. When the match clock showed 65 minutes, the score became 4-0 when Bob Rock sped through Ovalle City's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Rafa Hiriart. Rafa Hiriart made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gláuber Cruz in the 68th minute of play. Igor Souza scored 5-0 in the 74th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rafa Hiriart, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Kang Lin Yi hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Rafa Hiriart showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gláuber Cruz in the 85th minute of the match. Nacional de Rolândia's Ernest Voicescu got a good chance for a goal in the 87th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ovalle City's Rafa Hiriart played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cyryl Joks in the 88th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kang Lin Yi in the 89th minute of play forced Ovalle City's goalkeeper Rafa Hiriart to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 90th minute Ernest Voicescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rafa Hiriart saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 91 minutes into the match, Kang Lin Yi notched a goal, 6-0, to the right of Ovalle City's Rafa Hiriart. Rafa Hiriart was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A sloppy throw-in by Harvey Elliott in the 95th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Ovalle City's Barni Donoso. In the 96th minute the ball was on its way in behind Nacional de Rolândia's goalkeeper Victor Negri, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Nacional de Rolândia's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.