Official Cup

Monumental
Spectators: 142 (Terracing: 109, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Arsenio Maria got the match started through his kick off. Ariel Ponc made a fantastic save in the 5th minute, when Carlos Alberto Pernambucano sent off a good shot on target. 8 minutes had been played when some careless play by LA MAQUINA F.C's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dante Brion was slow to take the kick. During this time Villa Mitre City's players had a chance to rest. Raimundo Savion tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Higinio Porfiro. An unnecessary self made goal, 0-1 in the 8th minute. 11 minutes into the match, LA MAQUINA F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Arsenio Maria came free, but Higinio Porfiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ariel Ponc showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amadeo Berasko, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. In the 15th minute of the match LA MAQUINA F.C got a corner. Villa Mitre City's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sérgio Berti ran over to the corner to take the kick. LA MAQUINA F.C's Osvaldo Linhares was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ariel Ponc in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mauricio Macías in the 18th minute of play forced LA MAQUINA F.C's goalkeeper Higinio Porfiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Villa Mitre City's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dante Brion in the 19th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Osvaldo Linhares got free with Ariel Ponc in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 30th minute, James Madison left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Villa Mitre City fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rigoberto Turi got free with Ariel Ponc in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Mauricio Macías sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 41st match minute, Villa Mitre City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Norris Vandamme to maneuver through the defense. Higinio Porfiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arsenio Maria, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. With a little luck, Villa Mitre City's Ariel Ponc got control of the ball when Valentin Makovskiy tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Villa Mitre City made a substitution. Generoso Laurgain replaced Long Yuan Di. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Amadeo Berasko was the one to do the kick off. 55 minutes into the match, Villa Mitre City's Mauricio Macías sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Higinio Porfiro narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Villa Mitre City's Norbert Huratiak was substituted for Dante Brion. Mauricio Macías's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 66thth minute, Higinio Porfiro skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Mauricio Macías took the ball and in the 70 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Higinio Porfiro. Higinio Porfiro dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. LA MAQUINA F.C's Joel Min was substituted for Isidoro Playo. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, Osvaldo Linhares managed to get in a good position for a shot. LA MAQUINA F.C's supporters rose to their feet, but Osvaldo Linhares was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ariel Ponc breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Amadeo Berasko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ariel Ponc having to interfere. LA MAQUINA F.C's Higinio Porfiro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save LA MAQUINA F.C from getting a goal against them. Santo Colas's late challenge caught a Villa Mitre City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Santo Colas helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, LA MAQUINA F.C's Santo Colas got a free kick in the 95th minute. Higinio Porfiro was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Norbert Huratiak showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-5 in the 98 minute of play. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Villa Mitre City had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.