Official Cup

Seclantas AFC
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) John-David Lee made the kick off and thus started the match. Carlos Balendin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Michal Stehno's shot from short distance in the 2nd minute. Jonatan Eguzki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tobias Corderall in the 4th minute of the match. He Feng Zhou made a great header on Seclantas AFC's corner, it was just that Unidad de Matanza's Jonatan Eguzki managed to reach the ball for a save. Seclantas AFC's Carlos Balendin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Máximo Kirchner in the 8th minute of play. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind Seclantas AFC's goalkeeper Carlos Balendin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 16th minute Tobias Corderall shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonatan Eguzki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jonatan Eguzki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tobias Corderall in the 20th minute of play. When Unidad de Matanza's Michal Stehno in the 22nd minute got a chance for a shot 22nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Seclantas AFC's goalie prevented a goal. Eustacio Ortzi made a great header on Unidad de Matanza's corner, it was just that Seclantas AFC's Carlos Balendin managed to reach the ball for a save. Carlos Balendin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michal Stehno, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Unidad de Matanza's Eustacio Ortzi was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Carlos Balendin in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 28th minute, Máximo Kirchner left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Unidad de Matanza fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Carlos Balendin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michal Stehno, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Michal Stehno took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Carlos Balendin. Carlos Balendin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. After a rather tough play, Seclantas AFC's Leonardo Oliverio got a free kick in the 45th minute. 46 minutes into the match, Michal Stehno had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Carlos Balendin. Seclantas AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Michal Stehno was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Michal Stehno made the kick off in the second half. Carlos Balendin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eustacio Ortzi in the 55th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Michal Stehno in the 56th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Carlos Balendin saved Seclantas AFC from getting behind. Carlos Balendin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Michal Stehno in the 57th minute. Jonatan Eguzki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from John-David Lee in the 60th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Seclantas AFC defense, Máximo Kirchner kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Carlos Balendin. The Seclantas AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Carlos Balendin should have stopped the shot. Unidad de Matanza made a substitution. Nestor Bâru replaced Milton Rojas. Unidad de Matanza's Lateef Raal was substituted for Máximo Kirchner. Unidad de Matanza made a substitution. Lotfi Ziadi replaced Michal Stehno. In the 68th minute, Nestor Bâru ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Carlos Balendin was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-5. Carlos Balendin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nestor Bâru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marciano Txema's late challenge caught a Unidad de Matanza's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marciano Txema helped the player get up and apologised. In the 83rd minute, one of Seclantas AFC: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 Seclantas AFC. Carlos Balendin came out of the goal in the 89th minute to try and stop a shot by Unidad de Matanza's Nestor Bâru. But to his dismay, Nestor Bâru quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-6. When Nestor Bâru came up free with the goalie in the 92nd minute, the Unidad de Matanza fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Nestor Bâru couldn't finish the play. In the 94thth minute of the game Nestor Bâru who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Seclantas AFC's Carlos Balendin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The Unidad de Matanza players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.