Official Cup

El Paredón
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alonzo Atarrabi started the match with the kick off. Daniel Păvăloae took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tobias Constancio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristoforo Atroce in the 8th minute of play forced Metal Juniors's goalkeeper Daniel Păvăloae to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristoforo Atroce in the 12th minute of play forced Metal Juniors's goalkeeper Daniel Păvăloae to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 13th minute, Tobias Constancio 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. Eustacio Ferman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martín Palermo in the 17th minute of the match. Martin Rodriguez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Daniel Păvăloae made a huge save. After some careless play in the lןןl Plebe Del Emperador defense, Martín Palermo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eustacio Ferman. The lןןl Plebe Del Emperador fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eustacio Ferman should have stopped the shot. Martin Rodriguez was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 27th minute. lןןl Plebe Del Emperador's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. 29 minutes into the match, Martin Rodriguez had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Daniel Păvăloae. Metal Juniors's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Martin Rodriguez was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. In the 31st minute, Santos Koldobika hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alonzo Atarrabi in the 33rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Daniel Păvăloae prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the match clock showed 37 minutes, the score became 1-2 when Martín Palermo sped through lןןl Plebe Del Emperador's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Eustacio Ferman. Alonzo Atarrabi scored 2-2 in the 42nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Daniel Păvăloae, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Martín Palermo to make the kick off. Daniel Păvăloae showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alonzo Atarrabi in the 58th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, lןןl Plebe Del Emperador's Santiago Inautzi got a free kick in the 63rd minute. lןןl Plebe Del Emperador's Gökçek Ergazi was substituted for Santiago Inautzi. A collision led to lןןl Plebe Del Emperador getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Santiago Inautzi hit a great ball. Martín Palermo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eustacio Ferman having to interfere. Metal Juniors's Gaspar Gerazan was substituted for Yani Abalos. Metal Juniors made a substitution. Sergio Dennis replaced Martín Palermo. Santos Koldobika hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. When the match had gone on for 79 minutes, Sergio Dennis took a quick shot and it went in 2-3 without a chance for Eustacio Ferman to make any attempt to save it. lןןl Plebe Del Emperador's Christian Hodei was substituted for Cristoforo Atroce. Marco Ireno fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eustacio Ferman having to interfere. In the 87th minute the ball was on its way in behind Metal Juniors's goalkeeper Daniel Păvăloae, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Alonzo Atarrabi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Metal Juniors's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.