Official Cup

Fuerte Azul
Spectators: 183 (Terracing: 138, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) Laércio de Andrade started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Loreto Palanques showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Laércio de Andrade, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Hipolito Ponce fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Geronimo Rulli having to interfere. In the 12th minute the ball was on its way in behind AlmaToran's goalkeeper Loreto Palanques, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. AlmaToran's Feliciano Contera quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Cihan Mahmut, made in the 19th minute of the game. AlmaToran's Loreto Palanques played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Benet Rano in the 22nd minute of play. AlmaToran's Loreto Palanques played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Laércio de Andrade in the 24th minute of play. 25 minutes had been played when some careless play by AlmaToran's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Michael Laudrup was slow to take the kick. During this time Internacional's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Internacional's Benet Rano to a score. 0-1 in the 26th minute. The audience was convinced that Laércio de Andrade's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Loreto Palanques was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. When Internacional's Laércio de Andrade in the 32nd minute got a chance for a shot 32nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye AlmaToran's goalie prevented a goal. In the 34th minute of the match Internacional got a corner. AlmaToran's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Michael Laudrup ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Benet Rano heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Loreto Palanques made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Laércio de Andrade in the 41st minute of play. After 42 played minutes AlmaToran got a freekick which was hit by Cris Tellado. Loreto Palanques made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Laércio de Andrade in the 46th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Hipolito Ponce to strike the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, AlmaToran's goalkeeper Loreto Palanques had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Laércio de Andrade. The audience was convinced that Laércio de Andrade's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Loreto Palanques was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. Michael Laudrup made a great header on Internacional's corner, it was just that AlmaToran's Loreto Palanques managed to reach the ball for a save. Laércio de Andrade could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Loreto Palanques made a huge save. In the 63rd minute of the match Internacional got a corner. AlmaToran's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Michael Laudrup ran over to the corner to take the kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Laércio de Andrade got free with Loreto Palanques in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Geronimo Rulli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hipolito Ponce in the 68th minute of the match. Laércio de Andrade's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Loreto Palanques read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 71st minute of play. Geronimo Rulli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hipolito Ponce in the 73rd minute of play. AlmaToran's Peli Briñas was substituted for Hipolito Ponce. AlmaToran's Benicio Capellan was substituted for Lope Lortia. After 76 minutes AlmaToran's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Zigor Abeita who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Zigor Abeita got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Loreto Palanques quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 79th minute Laércio de Andrade shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Loreto Palanques saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. AlmaToran's Loreto Palanques played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Laércio de Andrade in the 80th minute of play. With a little luck, AlmaToran's Loreto Palanques got control of the ball when Laércio de Andrade tried to sneak it across the goal line. Israel Aballe hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. After 94 played minutes AlmaToran got a freekick which was hit by Cris Tellado. The Internacional players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.