Official Cup

Ariranhão
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Amador Patxi got the match started through his kick off. Franco Armani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amador Patxi in the 5th minute of the match. Tor Echegoyen didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marcelo Gallardo went, in the 6th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 9th minute Amador Patxi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franco Armani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 13thth minute of the game Marcelo Gallardo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Chute de Ouro FC's Tor Echegoyen was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Tor Echegoyen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcelo Gallardo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, Eric Simion put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Franco Armani. Franco Armani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Amador Patxi in the 28th minute of the match. 30 minutes into the match, Chute de Ouro FC's goal looked a bit too open when Marcelo Gallardo came free, but Tor Echegoyen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcelo Gallardo in the 31st minute of play forced Chute de Ouro FC's goalkeeper Tor Echegoyen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 32 minutes had been played when some careless play by Chute de Ouro FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ismael Abalos was slow to take the kick. During this time Adrogue FC's players had a chance to rest. 36 minutes into the match, Chute de Ouro FC's goal looked a bit too open when Marcelo Gallardo came free, but Tor Echegoyen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 37 minutes had been played when some careless play by Chute de Ouro FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ismael Abalos was slow to take the kick. During this time Adrogue FC's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Adrogue FC's corner Ismael Abalos fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Tor Echegoyen quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcelo Gallardo in the 39th minute of play forced Chute de Ouro FC's goalkeeper Tor Echegoyen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Eric Simion's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Franco Armani was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Marcelo Gallardo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tor Echegoyen was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Marcelo Gallardo was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Chute de Ouro FC's goalkeeper Tor Echegoyen, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Adrogue FC were awarded a corner in the 53th minute after Chute de Ouro FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ismael Abalos took the corner. The corner led Adrogue FC's Ismael Abalos to fire away a dangerous shot which Tor Echegoyen despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Franco Armani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eric Simion in the 56th minute of the match. Tor Echegoyen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcelo Gallardo, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Eric Simion scored 2-2 in the 66th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Franco Armani, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 69th minute Marcelo Gallardo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tor Echegoyen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tor Echegoyen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcelo Gallardo, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Marcelo Gallardo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tor Echegoyen having to interfere. Chute de Ouro FC's Ivo Simões was substituted for Amador Patxi. After some fancy dribbling in the 78th minute, Marcelo Gallardo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Adrogue FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Marcelo Gallardo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tor Echegoyen breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Marcelo Gallardo in the 89th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tor Echegoyen prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.