Official Cup

José de San Martín
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Rosendo Sol kicked off to start the match. 4 minutes into the match, Buenos Aires City's goal looked a bit too open when Zhao Sen Yang came free, but Orlando Francesco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhao Sen Yang in the 9th minute of play forced Buenos Aires City's goalkeeper Orlando Francesco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Diki Doro managed to avoid a goal in the 10thth minute, when Buenos Aires City's Teofilo Fidele fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Zhao Sen Yang's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Orlando Francesco read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 11th minute of play. In the 13th minute Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM- were awarded a corner. Stasio Bienienda went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Bernardo Di Piazza almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Buenos Aires City's Orlando Francesco did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhao Sen Yang in the 16th minute of play forced Buenos Aires City's goalkeeper Orlando Francesco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Stasio Bienienda in the 17th minute. A nice corner shot did that Stasio Bienienda got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Orlando Francesco quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The supporters of Buenos Aires City booed when Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bernardo Di Piazza didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jose Lesardo lost his temper 20 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Buenos Aires City fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 20th minute. Penalty! Buenos Aires City's Orlando Francesco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zhao Sen Yang in the 25th minute of play. In the 26th minute of the match Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM- got a corner. Buenos Aires City's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Stasio Bienienda ran over to the corner to take the kick. Buenos Aires City's Orlando Francesco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zhao Sen Yang in the 32nd minute of play. Orlando Francesco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zhao Sen Yang in the 32nd minute of the match. After 36 minutes of play, Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Zhao Sen Yang made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Orlando Francesco was left in no man's land by his defense there! Zhao Sen Yang scored 0-4 in the 38th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Orlando Francesco, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 42nd minute, Zhao Sen Yang got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhao Sen Yang in the 45th minute of play forced Buenos Aires City's goalkeeper Orlando Francesco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

In the 51stth minute of the game Zhao Sen Yang who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Buenos Aires City's Orlando Francesco was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Orlando Francesco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zhao Sen Yang in the 54th minute of play. Orlando Francesco didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zhao Sen Yang went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhao Sen Yang in the 61st minute of play forced Buenos Aires City's goalkeeper Orlando Francesco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 62nd minute, Zhao Sen Yang made a precise shot to the right of Orlando Francesco. Buenos Aires City's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Teofilo Fidele in the 67th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Diki Doro saved Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM- from getting behind. Eriberto Vergaray made in the 68th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Maximo Colas. When Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Zhao Sen Yang in the 81st minute got a chance for a shot 81st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Buenos Aires City's goalie prevented a goal. In the 83rdth minute of the game Zhao Sen Yang who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Buenos Aires City's Orlando Francesco was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Dacian Tilea recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 91st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the match had gone on for 94 minutes, Zhao Sen Yang put it in 0-9 from a short distance just to the right of Orlando Francesco. Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM- played a much better game than Buenos Aires City and deserved their victory. The Buenos Aires City players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.