Official Cup

A. V. Liberti
Spectators: 449 (Terracing: 337, Seating: 103, VIP seats: 9) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alvaro Raymond started the match with the kick off. Attilio Stefano recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 5 minutes into the match, Alvaro Raymond notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of La Gallardeta's Nacho Gonzalez. Nacho Gonzalez was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that Alvaro Raymond's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nacho Gonzalez was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. Nikolay Podshivalov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Erhan İren having to make a save. 10 minutes into the match, Teɱperłey Cɨŧy's goal looked a bit too open when Nikolay Podshivalov came free, but Erhan İren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nacho Gonzalez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gerardo Osorio in the 12th minute of the match. After 15 minutes of play, Teɱperłey Cɨŧy's Alvaro Raymond made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nacho Gonzalez was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that Alvaro Raymond's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nacho Gonzalez was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. After 20 minutes La Gallardeta's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gunnar Hake who took care of the corner kick. Attilio Stefanos short, quick shot in the 25thth minute got Erhan İren to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Alvaro Raymond's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nacho Gonzalez read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 26th minute of play. A throw-in in the 28th minute of the game was made by Fabricio Milian with Rafael Haimar as target, who quickly passed the ball forward.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nikolay Podshivalov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Teɱperłey Cɨŧy's Everardo Cordarell got a free kick in the 53rd minute. After having played for 54 minutes, Rafael Haimar managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. La Gallardeta's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rafael Haimar was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 58 minutes into the match, La Gallardeta's goalkeeper Nacho Gonzalez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alvaro Raymond. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikolay Podshivalov in the 60th minute of play forced Teɱperłey Cɨŧy's goalkeeper Erhan İren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Teɱperłey Cɨŧy's Raul Rito was substituted for Gunnar Hake. In the 62nd minute La Gallardeta were awarded a corner. Rafael Haimar went to the cornerflag to take it. La Gallardeta's Rafael Haimar was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Erhan İren in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafael Haimar in the 65th minute of play forced Teɱperłey Cɨŧy's goalkeeper Erhan İren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 66thth minute of the game John Ryberg who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but La Gallardeta's Nacho Gonzalez was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 67th minute of the game, Raul Rito landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. After 67 minutes, Rafael Haimar mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the La Gallardeta and the Teɱperłey Cɨŧy players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 67th minute, Rafael Haimar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rafael Haimar hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. In the 71st minute Rafael Haimar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erhan İren saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. John Ryberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nacho Gonzalez having to interfere. Erhan İren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rafael Haimar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 78th minute, Americo Suero ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nacho Gonzalez was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. Attilio Stefano succeeded in the game's 83rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-5. 90 minutes into the match, La Gallardeta's goal looked a bit too open when John Ryberg came free, but Nacho Gonzalez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Erhan İren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikolay Podshivalov in the 93rd minute of play. Teɱperłey Cɨŧy's Erhan İren played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikolay Podshivalov in the 94th minute of play.

The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Teɱperłey Cɨŧy walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.