Official Cup

Parque de Estrellas
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) An unexpectedly hard shot by Juan Raúl Amuchástegui in the 3rd minute of play forced Estrellas de Caballito's goalkeeper Esteve Blanco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Narciso Chap sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With an all-out effort, Estrellas de Caballito's Juan Giraldo threw himself towards the right post 12 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Herminio Haimar, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 13 minutes into the match, Christopher Bailey had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Esteve Blanco. Estrellas de Caballito's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Christopher Bailey was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Christopher Bailey hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Josiah Mwangi Rop's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Juan Giraldo was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. Juan Giraldo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Americo Fernendo, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. In the 23rd minute, Juan Raúl Amuchástegui left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Forever Tango fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Forever Tango's Juan Giraldo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save Forever Tango from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Josiah Mwangi Rop got free with Juan Giraldo in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 36 minutes into the game, Forever Tango's Juan Raúl Amuchástegui nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Esteve Blanco made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Forever Tango's Juan Giraldo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Americo Fernendo in the 43rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Americo Fernendo in the 43rd minute of play forced Forever Tango's goalkeeper Juan Giraldo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Forever Tango's zone, Americo Fernendo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Juan Giraldo came out of the goal and Americo Fernendo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Christopher Bailey to make the kick off. Esteve Blanco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juan Raúl Amuchástegui in the 51st minute of play. Esteve Blanco made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Christopher Bailey sent off a good shot on target. Esteve Blanco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Modesto Txeru in the 52nd minute of the match. Josiah Mwangi Rop fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Juan Giraldo having to interfere. Juan Giraldo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristobal Patxi in the 63rd minute of play. Estrellas de Caballito's Esteve Blanco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juan Raúl Amuchástegui in the 65th minute of play. Narciso Chap succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-4 in the 68th playminute. Forever Tango's Marcial Uzuri was substituted for Juan Raúl Amuchástegui. Juan Giraldo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Americo Fernendo in the 72nd minute of play. Estrellas de Caballito's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Donato Erramun in the 74th minute. The corner ended in Donato Erramun almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Forever Tango's Juan Giraldo did a great save. Juan Giraldo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Americo Fernendo in the 79th minute of play. Esteve Blanco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Modesto Txeru, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. When the match clock showed 83 minutes, the score became 1-4 when Josiah Mwangi Rop sped through Forever Tango's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Juan Giraldo. With a little luck, Estrellas de Caballito's Esteve Blanco got control of the ball when Danilo Montel tried to sneak it across the goal line. Cristobal Patxi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Juan Giraldo having to make a save. In the 91st minute Josiah Mwangi Rop shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juan Giraldo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Christopher Bailey got free with Esteve Blanco in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, Estrellas de Caballito's Esteve Blanco got control of the ball when Christopher Bailey tried to sneak it across the goal line. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Forever Tango walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.