Official Cup

Malvinas Argentinas
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Isidoro Rio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leandro Chorche, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 4 minutes into the match, Northern California's goal looked a bit too open when Bello Cura came free, but David Schembri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 8th minute Leandro Chorche shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Isidoro Rio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 11 minutes into the match, Bello Cura had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of David Schembri. Northern California's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bello Cura was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. A collision led to Argentinean Patriots 1816 getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Pekka Rollins hit a great ball. 18 minutes into the match, Northern California's goalkeeper David Schembri had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bello Cura. David Llorian hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Argentinean Patriots 1816's Eraldo Serantoni got a free kick in the 19th minute. David Schembri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bello Cura in the 21st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Northern California's David Llorian got a free kick in the 22nd minute. If Pekka Rollins had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 27 minutes into the match, Northern California's goalkeeper David Schembri had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pekka Rollins. In the 28th minute, David Llorian hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. David Schembri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bello Cura in the 29th minute of the match. David Schembri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bello Cura in the 31st minute of play. Argentinean Patriots 1816's Isidoro Rio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustavo Isazi in the 39th minute of play. David Schembri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bello Cura, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Bello Cura fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without David Schembri having to interfere. In the 46th minute, Pekka Rollins hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Argentinean Patriots 1816 made a substitution. Ben-Ami Ranchin replaced Tomás Frantzes. Isidoro Rio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antonio Guillelme, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 58th minute Ben-Ami Ranchin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Schembri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 58th minute, Ben-Ami Ranchin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Argentinean Patriots 1816 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. In the 62nd minute of the match, Antonio Guillelme got a very nice opportunity to score, but Isidoro Rio was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. The throw-in from David Llorian in the 63rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Argentinean Patriots 1816's Pekka Rollins. Bello Cura might have been able to make a better finish in the 64th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over David Schembri. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bello Cura ran back to his position shaking his head. David Schembri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bello Cura in the 65th minute of the match. In the 70th minute, Bello Cura left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Argentinean Patriots 1816 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bello Cura in the 73rd minute of play forced Northern California's goalkeeper David Schembri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Isidoro Rio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leandro Chorche in the 79th minute of the match. In the 82nd minute of the game David Llorian made a throw-in which Dante Taurino played forward. 84 minutes into the match, Northern California's goal looked a bit too open when Bello Cura came free, but David Schembri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dante Taurino made in the 88th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Argentinean Patriots 1816's Pekka Rollins. David Schembri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pekka Rollins, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 90th minute Argentinean Patriots 1816 were awarded a corner. Ben-Ami Ranchin went to the cornerflag to take it. After 91 played minutes Northern California got a freekick which was hit by David Llorian. The Argentinean Patriots 1816 support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.