Official Cup

Stamford Bridge
Spectators: 471 (Terracing: 354, Seating: 108, VIP seats: 9) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cristian Naike took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute of the match Chelsea Football Club got a corner. Vélez Juniors's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Uriel Ralondo ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Benedek Komáromi got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Elpidio Vitin quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Evelio Milian showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guido Luzaide in the 7th minute of the match. Cleto Firmin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Elpidio Vitin made a huge save. 9 minutes had been played when some careless play by Vélez Juniors's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Uriel Ralondo was slow to take the kick. During this time Chelsea Football Club's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Uriel Ralondo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Elpidio Vitin quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 12 minutes into the match, Chelsea Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Nicolas Roland came free, but Evelio Milian reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 13 minutes into the match, Chelsea Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Naike came free, but Evelio Milian reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 20th minute Firme Verga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elpidio Vitin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 21 minutes into the match, Vélez Juniors's goalkeeper Elpidio Vitin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cleto Firmin. 27 minutes into the match, Nicolas Roland notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Chelsea Football Club's Evelio Milian. Evelio Milian was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 31 minutes into the match, Chelsea Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Naike came free, but Evelio Milian reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 32 minutes had been played when some careless play by Chelsea Football Club's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Guido Luzaide was slow to take the kick. During this time Vélez Juniors's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Guido Luzaide got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Evelio Milian quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. If Silvestre Porfiro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Vélez Juniors's Elpidio Vitin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Silvestre Porfiro in the 34th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cleto Firmin in the 35th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Elpidio Vitin saved Vélez Juniors from getting behind. Elpidio Vitin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Firme Verga in the 36th minute of the match. 40 minutes in the game, Cleto Firmin fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Elpidio Vitin having to interfere. In the 42nd minute, Cleto Firmin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Chelsea Football Club fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. The audience was convinced that Nicolas Roland's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Evelio Milian was relentless in the 47th minute of the game. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cleto Firmin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd match minute, Chelsea Football Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alvaro Hanot to maneuver through the defense. Firme Verga received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Elpidio Vitin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cristian Naike in the 61st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Evelio Milian saved Chelsea Football Club from getting behind. Elpidio Vitin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cleto Firmin, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Chelsea Football Club's Evelio Milian proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save Chelsea Football Club from getting a goal against them. Nicolas Roland's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Evelio Milian read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 73rd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Firme Verga in the 75th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Elpidio Vitin saved Vélez Juniors from getting behind. Elpidio Vitin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cleto Firmin in the 77th minute of play. Evelio Milian was out of position in the 82 minute of play, and Cristian Naike capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Cristian Naike really showed his touch with that goal: 1-2. Chelsea Football Club's Aureliano Arnau was substituted for Cleto Firmin. Chelsea Football Club made a substitution. Benedicto Havier replaced Silvestre Porfiro. If Rafal Jakubiak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Elpidio Vitin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rafal Jakubiak in the 87th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rafal Jakubiak in the 96th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Elpidio Vitin prevented the ball from getting in the gole.

The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Vélez Juniors eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.