Official Cup

Joaquin F. A Delgado
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) Donato Vachon started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Lucio Pancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Enrique Lekubegi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Enrique Lekubegi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manuel Lanzini, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Darwin Nuñez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Enrique Lekubegi having to interfere. After 16 minutes, Baldomero Salvatore mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the COSQUIN SFC and the Palermo players grew even worse after the yellow card. Gregorio Diagur showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ulises Hernandez in the 20th minute of the match. Julián Alvarez blasted a shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Enrique Lekubegi having to make a save. Thanks to some nice moves Julián Alvarez could shoot a difficult shot in the 26th minute, which Enrique Lekubegi however easily saved by the left post. 26 minutes into the match, Palermo's goalkeeper Enrique Lekubegi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Julián Alvarez. A collision led to COSQUIN SFC getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Lucio Pancho hit a great ball. In the 29th minute Rafael Hondo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gregorio Diagur saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Enrique Lekubegi made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Julián Alvarez sent off a good shot on target. With 31 minutes on the clock, Paulo Diaz commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After a rather tough play, COSQUIN SFC's Paulo Diaz got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Gregorio Diagur took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ulises Hernandez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lucio Pancho blasted a shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Enrique Lekubegi having to make a save. Lucio Pancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Enrique Lekubegi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Julián Alvarez, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. In the 49th minute of the match COSQUIN SFC got a corner. Palermo's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Julián Alvarez ran over to the corner to take the kick.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Julián Alvarez to make the kick off. In the 60th minute, Julián Alvarez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Donato Vachon got free with Gregorio Diagur in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Gregorio Diagur took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rafael Hondo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lucio Pancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Enrique Lekubegi having to interfere. If Darwin Nuñez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Gregorio Diagur showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rafael Hondo, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Julián Alvarez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Enrique Lekubegi having to interfere. After 85 minutes of play, COSQUIN SFC's Darwin Nuñez made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Enrique Lekubegi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gregorio Diagur showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafael Hondo in the 95th minute of the match. COSQUIN SFC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.