Prized/Friendly Cup

Fabian C. Peruchena
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Judas Verón started the match with the kick off. In the 5th minute, Judas Verón left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Belgrano de Pibasog fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Anibal Lluques received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Bernardo Raggio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Belgrano de Pibasog defense, Anibal Lluques kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bernardo Raggio. The Belgrano de Pibasog fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bernardo Raggio should have stopped the shot. Bernardo Raggio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Maximino Lorenz in the 19th minute. Q. T. I.'s Carlos Sergi managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Clemente Gaizkine in the 22 minute of the game. With a little luck, Belgrano de Pibasog's Bernardo Raggio got control of the ball when Julian Raymundo tried to sneak it across the goal line. 26 minutes into the match, Belgrano de Pibasog's goalkeeper Bernardo Raggio had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Maximino Lorenz. Belgrano de Pibasog's Bernardo Raggio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save Belgrano de Pibasog from getting a goal against them. Q. T. I.'s attentive Paulo Txatxu managed to snatch the ball when Clemente Gaizkine made a throw-in in the 36th minute of the game. With his leg Bernardo Raggio managed to avoid a goal in the 40thth minute, when Q. T. I.'s Anibal Lluques fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Paulo Txatxu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Judas Verón in the 42nd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Anibal Lluques's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bernardo Raggio was relentless in the 47th minute of the game. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Silvio Abadia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Paulo Txatxu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Q. T. I.'s Paulo Txatxu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save Q. T. I. from getting a goal against them. Belgrano de Pibasog's Bernardo Raggio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Horacio Dolfo in the 62nd minute of play. In the 64th minute, Judas Verón 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. Q. T. I.'s Casimiro Guillelmus was substituted for Julian Raymundo. Belgrano de Pibasog made a substitution. Teodoro Baleren replaced Blue Dolar. In the 74thth minute of the game Judas Verón who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Q. T. I.'s Paulo Txatxu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 78th minute, Judas Verón hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Belgrano de Pibasog made a substitution. Iulian Ilinca replaced Judas Verón. After 80 played minutes Belgrano de Pibasog got a freekick which was hit by Judas Verón. Iulian Ilinca received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Paulo Txatxu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Q. T. I.'s Paulo Txatxu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iulian Ilinca in the 84th minute of play. In the 85th minute of the match Belgrano de Pibasog got a corner. Q. T. I.'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Eustaquio Fortun ran over to the corner to take the kick. 87 minutes into the match, Belgrano de Pibasog's goal looked a bit too open when Anibal Lluques came free, but Bernardo Raggio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 88th match minute, Belgrano de Pibasog was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teodoro Baleren to maneuver through the defense. In the 91st minute Anibal Lluques shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bernardo Raggio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 96 minutes into the match, Q. T. I.'s Casimiro Guillelmus sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bernardo Raggio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 96th minute, Clemente Gaizkine hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Belgrano de Pibasog getting a freekick after 97 minutes play. Clemente Gaizkine hit a great ball.