Official Cup

Viejo San Martín
Spectators: 144 (Terracing: 109, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) Miguel Orlondon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kang Feng in the 5th minute of the match. Miguel Orlondon stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kang Feng's shot from short distance in the 7th minute. In the 8th minute of the match Alvarado de Mar del Plata got a corner. Perros del sur's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Lennie Buckler ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Lennie Buckler got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Miguel Orlondon quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Kang Feng sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Perros del sur's Miguel Orlondon proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Perros del sur from getting a goal against them. 17 minutes into the game, Gonzalo Chesus cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Iker Mincho was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the match had been going on for 23 minutes, Alvarado de Mar del Plata's Kang Feng got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Miguel Orlondon. Iker Mincho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gonzalo Chesus, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. A sloppy throw-in by Rolando Hodei in the 27th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Perros del sur's Wilfredo Rayman. Perros del sur's Miguel Orlondon proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save Perros del sur from getting a goal against them. Rolando Hodei made in the 35th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Perros del sur's Wilfredo Rayman. Iker Mincho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gonzalo Chesus, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. When Lennie Buckler fell near the penalty area in the 43rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Alvarado de Mar del Plata's protests and gave Lennie Buckler a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Perros del sur booed when Alvarado de Mar del Plata was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lennie Buckler didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 45th match minute, Alvarado de Mar del Plata was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lennie Buckler to maneuver through the defense. Mariano Verón charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mariano Verón the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 46th match minute, Alvarado de Mar del Plata was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mariano Verón to maneuver through the defense. Gonzalo Chesus succeeded in the game's 48th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-2. Alvarado de Mar del Plata's Daniel Ghițescu was substituted for Rolando Hodei. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Perros del sur made a substitution. Cornelio Menendo replaced Sixto Aimar. Miguel Orlondon had in the 59thth minute some difficulties stopping Kang Feng's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. In the 59th minute Kang Feng shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Miguel Orlondon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Alvarado de Mar del Plata's Daniel Ghițescu got a free kick in the 61st minute. Miguel Orlondon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Ghițescu in the 63rd minute of play. Miguel Orlondon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kang Feng, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 67 minutes, Gonzalo Chesus managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Perros del sur's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gonzalo Chesus was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Alvarado de Mar del Plata's Jacobo Vincent was substituted for Kang Feng. In the 73rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Alvarado de Mar del Plata's goalkeeper Iker Mincho, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The corner ended in Teodosio Goren almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Alvarado de Mar del Plata's Iker Mincho did a great save. The supporters of Perros del sur booed when Alvarado de Mar del Plata was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Daniel Ghițescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. 84 minutes into the match, Perros del sur's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Ghițescu came free, but Miguel Orlondon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Daniel Ghițescu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Miguel Orlondon was relentless in the 97th minute of the game. After 103 played minutes Perros del sur got a freekick which was hit by Gonzalo Chesus. Miguel Orlondon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Ghițescu in the 105th minute of the match. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.