Official Cup

Ángel Labruna
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Hector Bobis started the match with the kick off. After 4 minutes of play, La Gallardeta's Jan-Olof Eliasson made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zacarias Cabrero was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Hector Bobis came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the Azul Y Plomo fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Hector Bobis couldn't finish the play. Azul Y Plomo's Zacarias Cabrero played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fulgencio Gartzi in the 14th minute of play. Belchior Saldanha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hector Bobis in the 19th minute of play. Zacarias Cabrero made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Jan-Olof Eliasson sent off a good shot on target. Fulgencio Gartzi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Zacarias Cabrero having to make a save. 36 minutes into the match, Azul Y Plomo's goalkeeper Zacarias Cabrero had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fulgencio Gartzi. With his leg Zacarias Cabrero managed to avoid a goal in the 36thth minute, when La Gallardeta's Fulgencio Gartzi fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when La Gallardeta's Fulgencio Gartzi in the 42nd minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but Zacarias Cabrero was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for Azul Y Plomo through an amazing save. 44 minutes had been played when some careless play by Azul Y Plomo's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alessio Scandella was slow to take the kick. During this time La Gallardeta's players had a chance to rest. In the 45th minute of the match La Gallardeta got a corner. Azul Y Plomo's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Alessio Scandella ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 48th minute of the match, Fulgencio Gartzi tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Zacarias Cabrero saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The wind increased when Fulgencio Gartzi made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Jan-Olof Eliasson made a precise shot to the right of Zacarias Cabrero. Azul Y Plomo's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Jan-Olof Eliasson's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Zacarias Cabrero read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 55th minute of play. Azul Y Plomo's Klimowitz Aguinaga was substituted for Navarro Rojas. In the 72nd minute Fulgencio Gartzi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zacarias Cabrero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Latif Biçim in the 76th minute of play forced La Gallardeta's goalkeeper Belchior Saldanha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Latif Biçim kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Belchior Saldanha. That made the score 3-1 in the 83 minute of play. The throw-in from Juan Gotzon in the 87th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Azul Y Plomo's Felix Torres. 88 minutes into the match, Azul Y Plomo's goal looked a bit too open when Fulgencio Gartzi came free, but Zacarias Cabrero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 88 minutes, Fulgencio Gartzi made it 4-1 with a short kick to the right side. Azul Y Plomo's Zacarias Cabrero tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jan-Olof Eliasson in the 96th minute of play forced Azul Y Plomo's goalkeeper Zacarias Cabrero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. La Gallardeta's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.