Official Cup

El Gallinero
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Carmelo Vachon got the match started through his kick off. San Martin de Tucuman's Cecilio Jax played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Natalio Bieito in the 2nd minute of play. San Martin de Tucuman's Cecilio Jax proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save San Martin de Tucuman from getting a goal against them. La Maquina 9-12-18's Jose Vimaro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paulino Lamberto in the 9th minute of play. San Martin de Tucuman's Cecilio Jax proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save San Martin de Tucuman from getting a goal against them. La Maquina 9-12-18's Jose Vimaro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paulino Lamberto in the 14th minute of play. Jose Vimaro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luciano Selmo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jose Vimaro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcial Munio in the 16th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Natalio Bieito got free with Cecilio Jax in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cecilio Jax made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fredrik Moberg in the 20th minute. Jose Vimaro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bartolo Harkaitz, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. After a rather tough play, La Maquina 9-12-18's Carmelo Vachon got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Jose Vimaro stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Paulino Lamberto's shot from short distance in the 25th minute. Natalio Bieito could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Cecilio Jax made a huge save. The referee felt a red card was in order, 39 minutes into the game, when Bartolo Harkaitz put in a rough tackle. 39 minutes into the game, one of San Martin de Tucuman:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

San Martin de Tucuman's Cecilio Jax played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Natalio Bieito in the 52nd minute of play. Alberto Luken's late challenge caught a San Martin de Tucuman's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alberto Luken helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of San Martin de Tucuman booed when La Maquina 9-12-18 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alberto Luken didn't get a good kick on the ball. 60 minutes into the game, Natalio Bieito cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Cecilio Jax was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Severino Elorri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Jose Vimaro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Natalio Bieito in the 73rd minute of play forced San Martin de Tucuman's goalkeeper Cecilio Jax to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Severino Elorri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 80 minutes into the game, Alberto Luken threw the ball into play from the sideline. San Martin de Tucuman's Juan Monje quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Natalio Bieito managed to get in a good position for a shot. La Maquina 9-12-18's supporters rose to their feet, but Natalio Bieito was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cecilio Jax breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Paulino Lamberto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. For all the effort they put into the match, the San Martin de Tucuman players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for La Maquina 9-12-18.