Official Cup

Palestra Itália
Spectators: 184 (Terracing: 139, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) Alexandru Eugen made the kick off and thus started the match. If Jorge Pirani had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. La Guardia Imperial's Atilano Esiquio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save La Guardia Imperial from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, La Guardia Imperial's Atilano Esiquio got control of the ball when Alexandru Eugen tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some careless play in the La Guardia Imperial defense, Jack Lukas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Atilano Esiquio. The La Guardia Imperial fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Atilano Esiquio should have stopped the shot. Peter Steele didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Carlos Teves went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Atilano Esiquio was out of position in the 16 minute of play, and Alexandru Eugen capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Alexandru Eugen really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. A sloppy throw-in by Vincent Sandström in the 23rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by La Guardia Imperial's Guillermo Dolcet. When the match clock showed 26 minutes, the score became 3-1 when Alexandru Eugen sped through La Guardia Imperial's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Atilano Esiquio. In the 29th minute Jorge Pirani shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Atilano Esiquio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jack Lukas in the 34th minute of play forced La Guardia Imperial's goalkeeper Atilano Esiquio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 36 minutes in the game, Alexandru Eugen dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. In the 37th minute Carlos Teves shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Peter Steele saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Peter Steele showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Teves, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. La Guardia Imperial's Atilano Esiquio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jack Lukas in the 39th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Teves in the 43rd minute of play forced PALMEIRAS-UTAH's goalkeeper Peter Steele to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of PALMEIRAS-UTAH booed when La Guardia Imperial was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Evaristo Elorri didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 46th minute the ball was on its way in behind La Guardia Imperial's goalkeeper Atilano Esiquio, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 47th match minute, La Guardia Imperial was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guillermo Dolcet to maneuver through the defense. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Carlos Teves stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Jack Lukas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vincent Sandström kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. Atilano Esiquio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jack Lukas, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Atilano Esiquio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jack Lukas in the 64th minute of the match. With a little luck, PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Peter Steele got control of the ball when Yuri Munhoz tried to sneak it across the goal line. Peter Steele showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Teves in the 69th minute of the match. After some careless play in the La Guardia Imperial defense, Jack Lukas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Atilano Esiquio. The La Guardia Imperial fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Atilano Esiquio should have stopped the shot. When Jack Lukas came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the PALMEIRAS-UTAH fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jack Lukas couldn't finish the play. Peter Steele stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Carlos Teves's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. Atilano Esiquio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vincent Sandström, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. 80 minutes into the match, La Guardia Imperial's goal looked a bit too open when Alexandru Eugen came free, but Atilano Esiquio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Atilano Esiquio came out of the goal in the 86th minute to try and stop a shot by PALMEIRAS-UTAH's Alexandru Eugen. But to his dismay, Alexandru Eugen quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-1. Peter Steele showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Teves, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Atilano Esiquio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jack Lukas in the 94th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexandru Eugen in the 95th minute of play forced La Guardia Imperial's goalkeeper Atilano Esiquio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 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. PALMEIRAS-UTAH fully deserved thier win.