Official Cup

PULGUITAS RUGBY
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Stone City's Trond Soltveit started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Generoso Freire made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Atilio Romagnoli in the 3rd minute of play. In the 4th minute Trond Soltveit shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Generoso Freire saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stone City's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Marcelo Fero in the 6th minute. Romeo Micael made a great header on Stone City's corner, it was just that Las Pulguitas Rugby's Generoso Freire managed to reach the ball for a save. Las Pulguitas Rugby's Generoso Freire played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlitos Tevez in the 8th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Trond Soltveit in the 9th minute of play forced Las Pulguitas Rugby's goalkeeper Generoso Freire to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 12th minute, Aras Görkem Özbey made a precise shot to the right of Generoso Freire. Las Pulguitas Rugby's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Generoso Freire showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Trond Soltveit, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Generoso Freire showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aras Görkem Özbey in the 20th minute of the match. After 21 played minutes Las Pulguitas Rugby got a freekick which was hit by Octavio Quirze. After 22 played minutes, Stone City's Marcelo Fero shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Generoso Freire came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Stone City reached it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlitos Tevez in the 24th minute of play forced Las Pulguitas Rugby's goalkeeper Generoso Freire to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Generoso Freire showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcelo Fero, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. In the 28th minute, Emanuel Cerilo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Generoso Freire took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlitos Tevez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Las Pulguitas Rugby's Generoso Freire played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlitos Tevez in the 30th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Trond Soltveit in the 32nd minute of play forced Las Pulguitas Rugby's goalkeeper Generoso Freire to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Generoso Freire showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aras Görkem Özbey in the 33rd minute of the match. Generoso Freire made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carlitos Tevez in the 34th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aras Görkem Özbey in the 35th minute of play forced Las Pulguitas Rugby's goalkeeper Generoso Freire to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Trond Soltveit scored 0-2 in the 36th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Generoso Freire, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 39th minute Atilio Romagnoli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Generoso Freire saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stone City's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Marcelo Fero in the 41st minute. A nice corner shot did that Romeo Micael got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Generoso Freire quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 44 minutes into the game, Aras Görkem Özbey cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Generoso Freire was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Atilio Romagnoli in the 47th minute of play forced Las Pulguitas Rugby's goalkeeper Generoso Freire to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half Stone City were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gerardo Claude to strike the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Carlitos Tevez dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Generoso Freire, 0-4. Gerardo Claude charged in rather forcefully in the 55th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gerardo Claude the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 58 played minutes Las Pulguitas Rugby got a freekick which was hit by Bruno Sanchez. The supporters of Stone City booed when Las Pulguitas Rugby was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Octavio Quirze didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marcelo Fero struck a weak shot in the 60th minute. Generoso Freire didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Stone City. Stone City's Marco Peru was substituted for Atilio Romagnoli. Stone City's Julio Gomez was substituted for Trond Soltveit. Stone City's Víctor Franco was substituted for Carlitos Tevez. Generoso Freire showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aras Görkem Özbey in the 63rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aras Görkem Özbey in the 64th minute of play forced Las Pulguitas Rugby's goalkeeper Generoso Freire to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Generoso Freire made an important save on a dangerous shot by Aras Görkem Özbey in the 67th minute. Víctor Franco's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Generoso Freire read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 69th minute of play. Generoso Freire took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aras Görkem Özbey, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Octavio Quirze during the 75th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Las Pulguitas Rugby's Octavio Quirze got a free kick in the 75th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Julio Gomez in the 77th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Generoso Freire saved Las Pulguitas Rugby from getting behind. Generoso Freire made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when Aras Görkem Özbey sent off a good shot on target. Generoso Freire was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Julio Gomez showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-6 in the 84 minute of play. Generoso Freire took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julio Gomez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 87 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Stone City's Julio Gomez fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. 90 minutes into the match, Julio Gomez dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Generoso Freire, 0-7. Generoso Freire didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 93rd minute, which inside left pole to 0-8. Stone City played a much better game than Las Pulguitas Rugby and deserved their victory. The Las Pulguitas Rugby players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.