Official Cup

El Monumental
Spectators: 145 (Terracing: 110, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Reynaldo Pietro took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd match minute, RIVER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcelino Afonso to maneuver through the defense. Angel Comizzo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Reynaldo Pietro went, in the 7th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After 11 minutes of play, Grosso United's Reynaldo Pietro made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Angel Comizzo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Saturnino Romo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ismael Medina Bello in the 14th minute of play. Freddy Gurutz kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Grosso United's Saturnino Romo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Grosso United from getting a goal against them. 22 minutes into the match, Godofredo Manny notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of RIVER's Angel Comizzo. Angel Comizzo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. RIVER's Maximiliano Rey got a good chance for a goal in the 27th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 34 minutes into the match, RIVER's goal looked a bit too open when Godofredo Manny came free, but Angel Comizzo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by RIVER's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Virgilio Quin was slow to take the kick. During this time Grosso United's players had a chance to rest. Marcelino Afonso thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Angel Comizzo, a very annoying self made goal in the 35th minute which led to 0-4. Saturnino Romo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ismael Medina Bello in the 39th minute of play. In the 41st match minute, RIVER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hilario Avellaneda to maneuver through the defense.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ismael Medina Bello stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Angel Comizzo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Natalio Peyo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Saturnino Romo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ismael Medina Bello in the 56th minute of the match. Grosso United's Saturnino Romo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcos Vargas in the 59th minute of play. Angel Comizzo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Reynaldo Pietro in the 62nd minute of play. After 64 played minutes RIVER got a freekick which was hit by Marcelino Afonso. RIVER's Angel Comizzo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save RIVER from getting a goal against them. Grosso United's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Virgilio Quin in the 77th minute. The corner ended in Virgilio Quin almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but RIVER's Angel Comizzo did a great save. Rigoberto Boniel hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Saturnino Romo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pascual Austin in the 83rd minute of the match. Saturnino Romo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maximiliano Rey in the 87th minute of play. Saturnino Romo came out of the goal in the 91st minute to try and stop a shot by RIVER's Uriel Txordon. But to his dismay, Uriel Txordon quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-5. Grosso United's Saturnino Romo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ismael Medina Bello in the 95th minute of play. 96 minutes into the match, Pascual Austin notched a goal, 3-5, to the right of Grosso United's Saturnino Romo. Saturnino Romo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The RIVER supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Grosso United's performance. The match ended with a win for Grosso United.