Official Cup

Elvio Maore
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Marta Pressley came out of the goal in the 4th minute to try and stop a shot by Invisible's Santiago Simon. But to his dismay, Santiago Simon quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Franc Armani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raul Aballe in the 8th minute of play. Marcelino Romo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Franc Armani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santiago Simon in the 23rd minute of play forced 【E ➣15 de Julio 2009's goalkeeper Marta Pressley to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ivael Tercero received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Marta Pressley tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 27th minute 【E ➣15 de Julio 2009 were awarded a corner. Claudio Caniggia went to the cornerflag to take it. Bartolo Ikatz charged in rather forcefully in the 30th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bartolo Ikatz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Invisible getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Bartolo Ikatz hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Raul Aballe in the 34th minute of play forced Invisible's goalkeeper Franc Armani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Victorino Oso got a throw-in 35 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Raul Aballe. After 39 minutes of play, Invisible's Santiago Simon made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marta Pressley was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Santiago Simon managed to get in a good position for a shot. Invisible's supporters rose to their feet, but Santiago Simon was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marta Pressley breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a defensive mix-up in 【E ➣15 de Julio 2009's zone, Santiago Simon stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marta Pressley came out of the goal and Santiago Simon tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 47th minute, Raul Aballe 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 home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Santiago Simon made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute the ball was on its way in behind 【E ➣15 de Julio 2009's goalkeeper Marta Pressley, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Raul Aballe sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Raul Aballe got free with Franc Armani in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 56th minute, Raul Aballe ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Franc Armani was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. 【E ➣15 de Julio 2009's Azim Sabit was substituted for Marcelino Romo. 65 minutes into the match, Hugo Bela had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Franc Armani. Invisible's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hugo Bela was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. In the 71st minute, Esequiel Barco 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. In the 79th minute, Claudio Caniggia 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. Franc Armani was a little too slow when Hugo Bela got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 81st minute. The score was now 2-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Esequiel Barco in the 87th minute of play forced 【E ➣15 de Julio 2009's goalkeeper Marta Pressley to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Ivael Tercero's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marta Pressley was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. 89 minutes into the match, Invisible's goal looked a bit too open when Hugo Bela came free, but Franc Armani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 90th minute Claudio Caniggia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franc Armani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 95th minute of the match Invisible got a corner. 【E ➣15 de Julio 2009's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Eliseo Leheren ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Eliseo Leheren almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but 【E ➣15 de Julio 2009's Marta Pressley did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicolas De La Cruz in the 96th minute of play forced 【E ➣15 de Julio 2009's goalkeeper Marta Pressley to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The 【E ➣15 de Julio 2009 supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing 【E ➣15 de Julio 2009 would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.