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Gigante de Alberdi
Spectators: 8419 (Terracing: 6315, Seating: 1936, VIP seats: 168) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Guilherme Basso kicked off to start the match. Eulalio Urbasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Afonso da Cunha in the 3rd minute of the match. A sloppy throw-in by Soin Buisan in the 6th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's Luca Savini. In the 7th minute Afonso da Cunha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eulalio Urbasa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Guillermo Frank hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. In the 10th minute, Afonso da Cunha ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eulalio Urbasa was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. After a rather tough play, Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's Edu Dum got a free kick in the 16th minute. If Guilherme Basso had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Afonso da Cunha could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Eulalio Urbasa made a huge save. Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Eulalio Jago in the 25th minute. The corner led to Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's Cumhur Günay getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Rogério Ceni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ulisses Andrade in the 31st minute of play. Soldados De Román's Eulalio Urbasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Afonso da Cunha in the 39th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Afonso da Cunha was the one to do the kick off. Eulalio Urbasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Afonso da Cunha, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. Soldados De Román's Eulalio Urbasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Afonso da Cunha in the 61st minute of play. Rogério Ceni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Guilherme Basso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Guilherme Basso's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rogério Ceni was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. Belgrano LOS PIRATAS made a substitution. Navin Dale replaced Guillermo Frank. Soldados De Román made a substitution. Placido Baladi replaced Albano Harri. Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's Teodoro Hartz was substituted for Cumhur Günay. 72 minutes had been played when some careless play by Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sigge Holmberg was slow to take the kick. During this time Soldados De Román's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Ulisses Andrade managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. After having played for 75 minutes, Edu Dum managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's supporters crossed their fingers, but Edu Dum was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's Rogério Ceni proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Belgrano LOS PIRATAS from getting a goal against them. Rogério Ceni made an important save on a dangerous shot by Guilherme Basso in the 83rd minute. The supporters of Soldados De Román booed when Belgrano LOS PIRATAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Teodoro Hartz didn't get a good kick on the ball. 93 minutes into the game, one of Belgrano LOS PIRATAS:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Soldados De Román a penalty, 96 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Guilherme Basso, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's Rogério Ceni. 1-1. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.