Official Cup

Jorge Luis Hirschi
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Elpidio Francis started the match with the kick off. Roland Kolacki hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Branislav Velchevski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mauricio Manuelo, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. 17 minutes into the match, ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Elpidio Francis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cecilio Lastur narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 21st minute, Elpidio Francis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cecilio Lastur was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Talleres's Cecilio Lastur proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save Talleres from getting a goal against them. Cecilio Lastur made an important save on a dangerous shot by Elpidio Francis in the 25th minute. Elpidio Francis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Cecilio Lastur made a huge save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alfredo Tab in the 28th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Branislav Velchevski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 30th minute, Miguel Prosperi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Talleres getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Aldo Gonza hit a great ball. Talleres's Cecilio Lastur played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elpidio Francis in the 33rd minute of play. Branislav Velchevski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mauricio Manuelo in the 35th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Talleres's zone, Arnaldo Gabon stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cecilio Lastur came out of the goal and Arnaldo Gabon tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 44th minute, Mauricio Manuelo got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mauricio Manuelo was the one to do the kick off. After 53 played minutes Talleres got a freekick which was hit by Aldo Gonza. Talleres's Cecilio Lastur played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elpidio Francis in the 55th minute of play. Branislav Velchevski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alfredo Tab went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Branislav Velchevski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Peker Durusoy in the 63rd minute of play. 65 minutes into the match, Talleres's goal looked a bit too open when Arnaldo Gabon came free, but Cecilio Lastur reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Talleres booed when ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arnaldo Gabon didn't get a good kick on the ball. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's André Monclús was substituted for Elpidio Francis. The supporters of ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA booed when Talleres was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Josef Tunberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 74th minute André Monclús shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cecilio Lastur saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 74th minute André Monclús shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cecilio Lastur saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cecilio Lastur showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from André Monclús, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. In the 83rd minute, André Monclús got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Cecilio Lastur showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from André Monclús in the 92nd minute of the match. Aldo Gonza made in the 93rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Rafael Dalmu. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.