Official Cup

Norberto Tomaghello
Spectators: 154 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Pawel Mietus kicked off to start the match. 5 minutes into the match, GALACTICOS's Pawel Mietus sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Eloy Gorka narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Pawel Mietus might have been able to make a better finish in the 13th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Eloy Gorka. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Pawel Mietus ran back to his position shaking his head. Eloy Gorka came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by GALACTICOS's Pawel Mietus. But to his dismay, Pawel Mietus quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Bartolo Frutos got a throw-in 20 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Babür Demirtekin. Pawel Mietus might have been able to make a better finish in the 22nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Eloy Gorka. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Pawel Mietus ran back to his position shaking his head. Eloy Gorka showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pawel Mietus, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. If Pawel Mietus had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 30th minute Pawel Mietus shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eloy Gorka saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 31st minute, Bartolo Frutos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pawel Mietus scored 0-2 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Eloy Gorka, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd rose to their feet as Ke Jun Xuan kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Rey Acitores. That made the score 1-2 in the 35 minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Pawel Mietus in the 39th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eloy Gorka saved Defensa y Justicia from getting behind. GALACTICOS's Pawel Mietus got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Damian Amor made in the 44th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by GALACTICOS's Elco Vid. In the 47th match minute, GALACTICOS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Elco Vid to maneuver through the defense. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The wind increased when Nunez Uzuri made the kick off in the second half. Bakar Castelo charged in rather forcefully in the 51st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bakar Castelo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Defensa y Justicia getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Bakar Castelo hit a great ball. Eloy Gorka made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pawel Mietus in the 55th minute of play. Pawel Mietus might have been able to make a better finish in the 62nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Eloy Gorka. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Pawel Mietus ran back to his position shaking his head. Eloy Gorka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pawel Mietus in the 62nd minute of the match. Eloy Gorka came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by GALACTICOS's Pawel Mietus. But to his dismay, Pawel Mietus quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. The crowd rose to their feet as GALACTICOS's Pawel Mietus slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Eloy Gorka. That made the score 1-4 after 70 minutes of play. The supporters of GALACTICOS booed when Defensa y Justicia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bakar Castelo didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Pawel Mietus came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the GALACTICOS 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 Pawel Mietus couldn't finish the play. Eloy Gorka made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Alfredo Palos sent off a good shot on target. Bakar Castelo was shown his second yellow card after 92 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After 94 played minutes GALACTICOS got a freekick which was hit by Pawel Mietus. Rey Acitores made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Haroldo Javiero in the 95th minute of play. The GALACTICOS 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.