Prized/Friendly Cup

Carlos A. Barbieri
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Florencio Leoiar made the kick off which started today's match. Barbieri de Ituzaingó FC's Todd Gronow suffered a concussion in the 2nd minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Anastasio Bertin during the 2nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, El Patriarca ®'s Fidel Atarrabi got a free kick in the 5th minute. The audience was convinced that Mariusz Ratulowski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nicklas Vennerlund was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. In the 9th minute, Fidel Atarrabi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nicklas Vennerlund showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mariusz Ratulowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Nicklas Vennerlund made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mariusz Ratulowski in the 13th minute of play. El Patriarca ®'s Nicklas Vennerlund played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mariusz Ratulowski in the 14th minute of play. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by El Patriarca ®'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Zhuo Bo Bo was slow to take the kick. During this time Barbieri de Ituzaingó FC's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Barbieri de Ituzaingó FC's corner Zhuo Bo Bo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Nicklas Vennerlund quite easily take care of the ball. After 18 minutes of play, Barbieri de Ituzaingó FC's Mariusz Ratulowski made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nicklas Vennerlund was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mariusz Ratulowski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nicklas Vennerlund having to interfere. If Mariusz Ratulowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Nicklas Vennerlund had great luck who in the 29thth minute grab hold of the ball when Mariusz Ratulowski from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Barbieri de Ituzaingó FC were awarded a corner in the 30th minute after El Patriarca ®'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Zhuo Bo Bo took the corner. After a rather tough play, Barbieri de Ituzaingó FC's Ildefonso Foro got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Abelardo Janpier took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luiz Eduardo Batista, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the El Patriarca ® defense, Mariusz Ratulowski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nicklas Vennerlund. The El Patriarca ® fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nicklas Vennerlund should have stopped the shot. Mariusz Ratulowski struck a weak shot in the 43rd minute. Nicklas Vennerlund didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Barbieri de Ituzaingó FC.

The wind increased when Mariusz Ratulowski made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Fidel Atarrabi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 52 minutes into the match, El Patriarca ®'s goal looked a bit too open when Mariusz Ratulowski came free, but Nicklas Vennerlund reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Abelardo Janpier was out of position in the 56 minute of play, and Aaron Rojelio capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Aaron Rojelio really showed his touch with that goal: 3-1. Mariusz Ratulowski took the ball and in the 62 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nicklas Vennerlund. Nicklas Vennerlund dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. 69 minutes into the match, El Patriarca ®'s goal looked a bit too open when Ildefonso Foro came free, but Nicklas Vennerlund reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aaron Rojelio's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 75thth minute, Abelardo Janpier skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Barbieri de Ituzaingó FC made a substitution. Hayri Pitirimov replaced Gerardo Etxepare. After 82 played minutes Barbieri de Ituzaingó FC got a freekick which was hit by Zhuo Bo Bo. 85 minutes into the match, Barbieri de Ituzaingó FC's goal looked a bit too open when Luiz Eduardo Batista came free, but Abelardo Janpier reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aaron Rojelio hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. If Fabio Manuelo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. El Patriarca ®'s supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Barbieri de Ituzaingó FC had won, even though El Patriarca ® had held more of the ball.