Official Cup

Cilindro
Spectators: 158 (Terracing: 119, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Pascual Quexal got the match started through his kick off. 5 minutes into the match, La Acade's goal looked a bit too open when Martín Palermo came free, but Silverio Arlo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 11th minute, Ermegildo Otsoko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of The Cavern Club booed when La Acade was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alfredo Bingen didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Octavio Erdiano during the 15th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Octavio Erdiano kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. 18 minutes into the match, La Acade's goal looked a bit too open when Martín Palermo came free, but Silverio Arlo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Silverio Arlo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Martín Palermo's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. After 29 minutes, Clodoveo Acuña mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the La Acade and the The Cavern Club players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, La Acade's Clodoveo Acuña got a free kick in the 29th minute. In the 32nd minute, Martín Palermo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Silverio Arlo was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 35 minutes into the game, The Cavern Club's Martín Palermo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Silverio Arlo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. With an all-out effort, La Acade's Tomás Esiquio threw himself towards the right post 41 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Pascual Quexal, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Martín Palermo scored 0-3 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Silverio Arlo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The La Acade players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. The Cavern Club were winning 0-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Martín Palermo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pascual Quexal in the 53rd minute of play forced The Cavern Club's goalkeeper Tomás Esiquio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, La Acade's Gerardo Sedeni got a free kick in the 57th minute. Martín Palermo hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. In the 63rd minute, Honorio Etxatxu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 65th match minute, La Acade was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Clodoveo Acuña to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, La Acade's Silverio Arlo got control of the ball when Martín Palermo tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to La Acade getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Alfredo Bingen hit a great ball. After 76 minutes of play, The Cavern Club's Martín Palermo made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Silverio Arlo was left in no man's land by his defense there!