Official Cup

La Fortaleza
Spectators: 144 (Terracing: 109, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Christos Triantafyllou got the match started through his kick off. The audience was convinced that Gustavo Eladio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Palmquist was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. With a little luck, C. A. BELGRANO's Alfonso Festa got control of the ball when Christos Triantafyllou tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Granate's Sebastian Dominic got a free kick in the 6th minute. Gustavo Eladio's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jonathan Palmquist read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 8th minute of play. Jonathan Palmquist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustavo Eladio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by Granate's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gustavo Eladio was slow to take the kick. During this time C. A. BELGRANO's players had a chance to rest. Jonathan Palmquist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustavo Eladio in the 14th minute of the match. Alfonso Festa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jaakko Ramstadius, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 22nd minute Gustavo Eladio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Palmquist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. C. A. BELGRANO's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gustavo Eladio in the 26th minute. Washington Santos was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Alfonso Festa made a fantastic save in the 28th minute, when Robert Kirby sent off a good shot on target. Alfonso Festa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Robert Kirby in the 30th minute. In the 32nd minute Christos Triantafyllou shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfonso Festa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 35 minutes into the match, Granate's goal looked a bit too open when Gustavo Eladio came free, but Jonathan Palmquist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonathan Palmquist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustavo Eladio in the 38th minute of the match. Melchor Galindo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jonathan Palmquist read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 40th minute of play. Jonathan Palmquist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustavo Eladio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 41 minutes into the match, Gustavo Eladio notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Granate's Jonathan Palmquist. Jonathan Palmquist was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Victor Fero's late challenge caught a Granate's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Victor Fero helped the player get up and apologised. After 45 played minutes C. A. BELGRANO got a freekick which was hit by Victor Fero. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gustavo Eladio to make the kick off. Jonathan Palmquist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustavo Eladio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alfonso Festa came out of the goal in the 56th minute to try and stop a shot by Granate's Robert Kirby. But to his dismay, Robert Kirby quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. C. A. BELGRANO's Delmiro Ledesma was substituted for Melchor Galindo. C. A. BELGRANO were awarded a corner in the 65th minute after Granate's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Washington Santos took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Washington Santos got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jonathan Palmquist quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Nunez Noe's late challenge caught a Granate's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nunez Noe helped the player get up and apologised. Alfonso Festa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jaakko Ramstadius in the 69th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, C. A. BELGRANO's Washington Santos got a free kick in the 70th minute. Alfonso Festa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robert Kirby in the 72nd minute of play. Delmiro Ledesma hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Alfonso Festa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christos Triantafyllou in the 80th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sebastian Dominic in the 82nd minute of play forced C. A. BELGRANO's goalkeeper Alfonso Festa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alfonso Festa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robert Kirby in the 83rd minute of play. Jonathan Palmquist didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Onur Ali Cespan went, in the 88th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.