Official Cup

El Cilindro
Spectators: 165 (Terracing: 124, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) When La Academia's Ramón Monasterio in the 3rd minute got a chance for a shot 3rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye El Retorno de Palermo's goalie prevented a goal. With a little luck, El Retorno de Palermo's Jerom Quvelirs got control of the ball when Ramón Monasterio tried to sneak it across the goal line. 5 minutes into the match, El Retorno de Palermo's goalkeeper Jerom Quvelirs had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Francisco Alberto Zañartu. Iwan Grocholski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benicio Osasun in the 9th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Marcus Garvey in the 10th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jerom Quvelirs saved El Retorno de Palermo from getting behind. Jerom Quvelirs took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcus Garvey, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. El Retorno de Palermo's Jerom Quvelirs proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save El Retorno de Palermo from getting a goal against them. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, Marcus Garvey put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Jerom Quvelirs. El Retorno de Palermo's Jerom Quvelirs played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcus Garvey in the 25th minute of play. Iwan Grocholski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mikus Linkūns in the 26th minute of play. In the 28th match minute, El Retorno de Palermo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Celestino Jerico to maneuver through the defense. Mikus Linkūns received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Iwan Grocholski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 32ndth minute of the game Marcus Garvey who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but El Retorno de Palermo's Jerom Quvelirs was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. El Retorno de Palermo's Jerom Quvelirs played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ramón Monasterio in the 34th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in El Retorno de Palermo's zone, Ramón Monasterio stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jerom Quvelirs came out of the goal and Ramón Monasterio tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Iwan Grocholski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benicio Osasun, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. In the 39th minute of the match El Retorno de Palermo got a corner. La Academia's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Zygmunt Malik ran over to the corner to take the kick. The referee felt a red card was in order, 43 minutes into the game, when Marciano Txema put in a rough tackle. Marciano Txema hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. La Academia's Maxín Bacarreza couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 45th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for El Retorno de Palermo. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ramón Monasterio was the one to do the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Huang Zhen Bo during the 51st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of La Academia booed when El Retorno de Palermo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Huang Zhen Bo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jerom Quvelirs made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcus Garvey in the 52nd minute of play. Jerom Quvelirs took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Francisco Alberto Zañartu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Iwan Grocholski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mikus Linkūns in the 65th minute of play. After 66 minutes La Academia's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Zygmunt Malik who took care of the corner kick. Zygmunt Malik made a great header on El Retorno de Palermo's corner, it was just that La Academia's Iwan Grocholski managed to reach the ball for a save. Jerom Quvelirs made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Francisco Alberto Zañartu in the 70th minute of play. After 71 minutes El Retorno de Palermo's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Maxín Bacarreza who took care of the corner kick. After 72 played minutes El Retorno de Palermo got a freekick which was hit by Aldo Fernanco. After 73 played minutes, La Academia's Maxín Bacarreza shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jerom Quvelirs came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in La Academia reached it. In the 75th match minute, La Academia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcus Garvey to maneuver through the defense. Iwan Grocholski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Huang Zhen Bo in the 80th minute of play. El Retorno de Palermo's Jerom Quvelirs played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ramón Monasterio in the 82nd minute of play. If Mikus Linkūns had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Iwan Grocholski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mikus Linkūns, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Iwan Grocholski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mikus Linkūns, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Iwan Grocholski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mikus Linkūns, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 93rd minute Marcus Garvey shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jerom Quvelirs saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. La Academia fully deserved thier win.