Official Cup

Arsenio Erico
Spectators: 463 (Terracing: 348, Seating: 106, VIP seats: 9) Gabriel-Omar Batista started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Iacob Penaru charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Iacob Penaru the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 5 played minutes StardustRevolution got a freekick which was hit by Iacob Penaru. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabriel Batistuta in the 8th minute of play forced ★Independiente Ψ★'s goalkeeper Maximiliano Iigo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gabriel-Omar Batista in the 12th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marcos Burni prevented the ball from getting in the gole. ★Independiente Ψ★'s Maximiliano Iigo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nacho Scocco in the 14th minute of play. 15 minutes into the match, Nacho Scocco had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Maximiliano Iigo. ★Independiente Ψ★'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nacho Scocco was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After 19 played minutes StardustRevolution got a freekick which was hit by Flavius Ichim. After a rather tough play, StardustRevolution's Anier Sandaili got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Marcos Burni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gabriel-Omar Batista, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. When ★Independiente Ψ★'s Gabriel-Omar Batista in the 29th minute got a chance for a shot 29th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye StardustRevolution's goalie prevented a goal. Maximiliano Iigo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabriel Batistuta in the 39th minute of play. StardustRevolution's Delmiro Oto was substituted for Eduardo Vasco. StardustRevolution made a substitution. Piara Santo replaced Gabriel Batistuta. The throw-in from Anier Sandaili in the 44th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by ★Independiente Ψ★'s Gilberto Loreto. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Piara Santo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the game, StardustRevolution's Uygar Orhan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Maximiliano Iigo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 55th minute, Piara Santo managed to get in a good position for a shot. StardustRevolution's supporters rose to their feet, but Piara Santo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Maximiliano Iigo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 61st minute, Gabriel-Omar Batista ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marcos Burni was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. With a little luck, ★Independiente Ψ★'s Maximiliano Iigo got control of the ball when Piara Santo tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 65 played minutes ★Independiente Ψ★ got a freekick which was hit by Gilberto Loreto. Gilberto Loreto kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Piara Santo managed to get in a good position for a shot. StardustRevolution's supporters rose to their feet, but Piara Santo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Maximiliano Iigo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Lei Feng Ying fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcos Burni having to interfere. Fang Sheng Qing sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Piara Santo came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the StardustRevolution 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 Piara Santo couldn't finish the play. ★Independiente Ψ★'s Jay-Jay Okocha was substituted for Alfonso Musso. Israel Manuelo scored 2-2 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcos Burni, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

After 104 minutes of play, StardustRevolution's Piara Santo made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Maximiliano Iigo was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched StardustRevolution eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.