Official Cup

Marcelo Gallardo
Spectators: 144 (Terracing: 109, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Cridas FC's Ciro Pacorro started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Ciro Pacorro's late challenge caught a Nippur de Lagash 2's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ciro Pacorro helped the player get up and apologised. Ciro Pacorro kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. In the 8th minute Silvestre De Mitri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silvano Gilen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cridas FC's Silvano Gilen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ricardo Ihintza in the 9th minute of play. Silvano Gilen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benjamin De Mitri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jonathan De Mitri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marciano Galoer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 12 minutes into the match, Benjamin De Mitri had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Silvano Gilen. Cridas FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Benjamin De Mitri was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After a rather tough play, Cridas FC's Eloy Sedeni got a free kick in the 15th minute. Silvano Gilen came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by Nippur de Lagash 2's Benjamin De Mitri. But to his dismay, Benjamin De Mitri quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Gavino De Mitri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A throw-in in the 27th minute of the game was made by Eloy Sedeni with Elvio Admon as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Silvano Gilen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benjamin De Mitri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 32nd minute of the match Nippur de Lagash 2 got a corner. Cridas FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Leopoldo Gai ran over to the corner to take the kick. 36 minutes into the game, Nippur de Lagash 2's Benjamin De Mitri nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Silvano Gilen made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. The audience was convinced that Benjamin De Mitri's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Silvano Gilen was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. Silvano Gilen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benjamin De Mitri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 47th minute, Ricardo Ihintza left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Nippur de Lagash 2 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Jonathan De Mitri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ciro Pacorro in the 54th minute of play. In the 57th match minute, Cridas FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonathan Palos to maneuver through the defense. Silvano Gilen made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Benjamin De Mitri sent off a good shot on target. In the 64th minute of the match, Silvestre De Mitri tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Silvano Gilen saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Benjamin De Mitri took the ball and in the 67 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Silvano Gilen. Silvano Gilen dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-6. Benjamin De Mitri succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-7 in the 71st playminute. After some fancy dribbling in the 74th minute, Benjamin De Mitri managed to get in a good position for a shot. Nippur de Lagash 2's supporters rose to their feet, but Benjamin De Mitri was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Silvano Gilen breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 78th match minute, Cridas FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marciano Galoer to maneuver through the defense. Benjamin De Mitri took the ball and in the 79 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Silvano Gilen. Silvano Gilen dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-8. A collision led to Nippur de Lagash 2 getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Benjamin De Mitri hit a great ball. Benjamin De Mitri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Silvano Gilen having to interfere. Benjamin De Mitri could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 91st minute of the match, but Silvano Gilen made a huge save. In the 96th minute of the game Eloy Sedeni made a throw-in which Eloy Sedeni played forward. In the 98th minute, Benjamin De Mitri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match was over Nippur de Lagash 2 could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Cridas FC throughout the match.