Prized/Friendly Cup

The Last Try
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Esteban Ikatz made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute of the match, Ramon Ignatius tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Inocencio Veronica saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Rafaela FC's Esteban Ikatz got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Felix Carlomagno hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Inocencio Veronica made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ke Xiang in the 9th minute. Rafaela FC's Inocencio Veronica played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ramon Ignatius in the 12th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ramon Ignatius in the 12th minute of play forced Rafaela FC's goalkeeper Inocencio Veronica to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luis Bemabe got free with Inocencio Veronica in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Leonardo Quexal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Esteban Ikatz in the 14th minute of the match. If Ke Xiang had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Esteban Ikatz scored 0-1 in the 22nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Leonardo Quexal, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Eloy Gipuzkoa came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the Rafaela FC 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 Eloy Gipuzkoa couldn't finish the play. After having played for 30 minutes, Ke Xiang managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. El ultimo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ke Xiang was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Esteban Ikatz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Leonardo Quexal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 38 minutes into the match, Rafaela FC's goalkeeper Inocencio Veronica had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Vasile Pisculescu. Inocencio Veronica made a fantastic save in the 44th minute, when Ke Xiang sent off a good shot on target.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ramon Ignatius to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ramon Ignatius in the 51st minute of play forced Rafaela FC's goalkeeper Inocencio Veronica to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vasile Pisculescu in the 53rd minute of play forced Rafaela FC's goalkeeper Inocencio Veronica to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 54th minute, Teo Cordero hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rodrigo-Sebastian Palacio hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Esteban Ikatz got free with Leonardo Quexal in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ramon Ignatius in the 62nd minute of play forced Rafaela FC's goalkeeper Inocencio Veronica to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ross Strong hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Ramon Ignatius took the ball and in the 68 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Inocencio Veronica. Inocencio Veronica dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. When the match had gone on for 73 minutes, Ramon Ignatius put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Inocencio Veronica. After a rather tough play, El ultimo's Bernabe Lucero got a free kick in the 85th minute. Rafaela FC's Ubaldo Lluis was substituted for Basilio Guillerme. The supporters of Rafaela FC booed when El ultimo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bernabe Lucero didn't get a good kick on the ball. With his leg Leonardo Quexal managed to avoid a goal in the 90thth minute, when Rafaela FC's Esteban Ikatz fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ramon Ignatius in the 95th minute of play forced Rafaela FC's goalkeeper Inocencio Veronica to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. El ultimo's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.