Official Cup

El Coloso de Palma S
Spectators: 184 (Terracing: 139, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) Geronimo Rulli made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Rigoberto Bastiaro sent off a good shot on target. Ivar Bjurström didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Laércio de Andrade went, in the 7th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 10th minute, Laércio de Andrade ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ivar Bjurström was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. After some careless play in the Glorioso Deportivo Cali defense, Laércio de Andrade kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ivar Bjurström. The Glorioso Deportivo Cali fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ivar Bjurström should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rigoberto Bastiaro in the 20th minute of play forced Internacional's goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 21st minute, Laércio de Andrade left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Internacional fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Laércio de Andrade received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Ivar Bjurström tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 25th minute, Rigoberto Bastiaro reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Geronimo Rulli. The goal made the score 1-4. 28 minutes into the match, Glorioso Deportivo Cali's goal looked a bit too open when Laércio de Andrade came free, but Ivar Bjurström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The throw-in from Guerau Sastre in the 30th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Internacional's Pablo-Enrique Abeijon. Laércio de Andrade's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ivar Bjurström read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 41st minute of play. Geronimo Rulli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rigoberto Bastiaro, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 2-4 lead.

The wind increased when Laércio de Andrade made the kick off in the second half. When Guerau Sastre fell near the penalty area in the 50th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Glorioso Deportivo Cali's protests and gave Guerau Sastre a yellow card for diving instead. In the 50th match minute, Glorioso Deportivo Cali was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guerau Sastre to maneuver through the defense. Michael Laudrup's late challenge caught a Glorioso Deportivo Cali's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Michael Laudrup helped the player get up and apologised. Internacional's Geronimo Rulli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rigoberto Bastiaro in the 58th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rigoberto Bastiaro in the 66th minute of play forced Internacional's goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 69 minutes into the match, Internacional's goal looked a bit too open when Rigoberto Bastiaro came free, but Geronimo Rulli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 73 minutes had been played when some careless play by Glorioso Deportivo Cali's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ege Deniz was slow to take the kick. During this time Internacional's players had a chance to rest. In the 76th match minute, Glorioso Deportivo Cali was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guerau Sastre to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Glorioso Deportivo Cali booed when Internacional was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Michael Laudrup didn't get a good kick on the ball. 81 minutes into the match, Internacional's goal looked a bit too open when Rigoberto Bastiaro came free, but Geronimo Rulli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 82nd minute Glorioso Deportivo Cali were awarded a corner. Jacindo Baezabal went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Jacindo Baezabal got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Geronimo Rulli quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Ivar Bjurström made an important save on a dangerous shot by Laércio de Andrade in the 85th minute. After some careless play in the Internacional defense, Rigoberto Bastiaro kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Geronimo Rulli. The Internacional fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Geronimo Rulli should have stopped the shot. Chants of Internacional echoed around the stadium as the match drew to a close. Supporters and players were both delighted with the win, as Glorioso Deportivo Cali had held the ball for most of the match.