Official Cup

Tafari Makonnen
Spectators: 155 (Terracing: 117, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) With an all-out effort, La Tribuna Tambien Juega's Diego Melendez threw himself towards the right post 5 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ciro Gutierrez, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. La Tribuna Tambien Juega's Benjamin Bieito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vesko Karapchanski in the 8th minute of play. In the 9th minute Geronimo Ignazio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Diego Melendez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Benjamin Bieito showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vesko Karapchanski, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. In a very dangerous position, a player in La Tribuna Tambien Juega fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 13th minute. Penalty! The referee gave Santos de Buenos Aires FC a penalty, 16 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Modesto Caetano, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of La Tribuna Tambien Juega's Benjamin Bieito. 0-1. In the 23rd minute, Vesko Karapchanski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Benjamin Bieito was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 28th minute, Geronimo Ignazio managed to get in a good position for a shot. La Tribuna Tambien Juega's supporters rose to their feet, but Geronimo Ignazio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Diego Melendez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Benjamin Bieito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Modesto Caetano in the 34th minute of the match. La Tribuna Tambien Juega's Benjamin Bieito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodrigo Calvet in the 36th minute of play. Benjamin Bieito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sixto Cuartas in the 38th minute of the match. Geronimo Ignazio blasted a shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Diego Melendez having to make a save. Diego Melendez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Angelo Vedillo in the 46th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

In the 52nd match minute, Santos de Buenos Aires FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sixto Cuartas to maneuver through the defense. La Tribuna Tambien Juega were awarded a corner in the 58th minute after Santos de Buenos Aires FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Mauricio Txerran took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Mauricio Txerran got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Diego Melendez quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Octavio Fagondo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Benjamin Bieito made a huge save. Benjamin Bieito came out of the goal in the 64th minute to try and stop a shot by Santos de Buenos Aires FC's Rodrigo Calvet. But to his dismay, Rodrigo Calvet quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Benjamin Bieito acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 67th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Fernando Farias. An unexpected shot in the 69th minute by Rodrigo Calvet got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. La Tribuna Tambien Juega made a substitution. Bartolo Salomon replaced Aldo Curcio. After 72 played minutes La Tribuna Tambien Juega got a freekick which was hit by Mauricio Txerran. 76 minutes into the match, Sixto Cuartas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Benjamin Bieito. La Tribuna Tambien Juega's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sixto Cuartas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Diego Melendez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Angelo Vedillo in the 85th minute of play. After 86 minutes, Modesto Caetano mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Santos de Buenos Aires FC and the La Tribuna Tambien Juega players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Santos de Buenos Aires FC booed when La Tribuna Tambien Juega was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bartolo Salomon didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 92nd match minute, Santos de Buenos Aires FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sixto Cuartas to maneuver through the defense. Diego Melendez came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by La Tribuna Tambien Juega's Bartolo Salomon. But to his dismay, Bartolo Salomon quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. The La Tribuna Tambien Juega supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Santos de Buenos Aires FC's performance. The match ended with a win for Santos de Buenos Aires FC.