Official Cup

Nestor C. Kirchner
Spectators: 165 (Terracing: 124, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jorge Luna got the match started through his kick off. In the 12th minute, Remigio Quirze hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, THE ROKERY PIMKIS's Kiran Tomasini got control of the ball when Basilio Fernandez tried to sneak it across the goal line. 16 minutes into the game, Jorge Luna cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. François-Xavier Dionnet was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Jorge Luna's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but François-Xavier Dionnet read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 22nd minute of play. François-Xavier Dionnet stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jorge Luna's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jorge Luna in the 34th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg François-Xavier Dionnet saved Ruquense FC from getting behind. Basilio Fernandez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. François-Xavier Dionnet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Francisco Mino in the 41st minute of the match. Francisco Mino spun around in front of the goal 42 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Ruquense FC's goal. In the 44th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ruquense FC's goalkeeper François-Xavier Dionnet, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Basilio Fernandez to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Jorge Luna shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but François-Xavier Dionnet saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Francisco Mino could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but François-Xavier Dionnet made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Jorge Luna's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but François-Xavier Dionnet was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. 57 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ruquense FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alessandro Finotti was slow to take the kick. During this time THE ROKERY PIMKIS's players had a chance to rest. The corner led THE ROKERY PIMKIS's Francisco Mino to fire away a dangerous shot which François-Xavier Dionnet despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. François-Xavier Dionnet took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jorge Luna, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kiran Tomasini took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Remigio Quirze, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 72 minutes into the match, Jorge Luna had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of François-Xavier Dionnet. Ruquense FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jorge Luna was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. François-Xavier Dionnet was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Francisco Mino showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-5 in the 76 minute of play. Remigio Quirze received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Kiran Tomasini tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 81 minutes into the match, Ruquense FC's goalkeeper François-Xavier Dionnet had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kevin Lang. In the 83rd minute of the match THE ROKERY PIMKIS got a corner. Ruquense FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Alessandro Finotti ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Alessandro Finotti got away a dangerous shot. Despite this François-Xavier Dionnet quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Kiran Tomasini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Basilio Fernandez in the 86th minute of play. In the 87th minute of the match Ruquense FC got a corner. THE ROKERY PIMKIS's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Leopoldo Tonio ran over to the corner to take the kick. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. THE ROKERY PIMKIS had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.