League

Estadio Nueva España
Spectators: 7290 (Terracing: 5470, Seating: 1676, VIP seats: 144) Merlo's Raimundo Bastian started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Emiliano Vachon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonathan Peru, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. In the 6th minute, Jonathan Peru left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Merlo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After some careless play in the Club Deportivo Español defense, Astor Marques kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Emiliano Vachon. The Club Deportivo Español fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Emiliano Vachon should have stopped the shot. When Esteve Cordaro came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the Club Deportivo Español 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 Esteve Cordaro couldn't finish the play. When Isidoro Iratze came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the Merlo 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 Isidoro Iratze couldn't finish the play. After 18 played minutes Club Deportivo Español got a freekick which was hit by Teobaldo Ritchie. Emiliano Vachon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tobias Serapio in the 19th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Eustaquio Chumo during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Club Deportivo Español's Eustaquio Chumo got a free kick in the 21st minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jonathan Peru in the 29th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Emiliano Vachon saved Club Deportivo Español from getting behind. In the 36thth minute of the game Raimundo Bastian who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Club Deportivo Español's Emiliano Vachon was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 37 minutes into the match, Club Deportivo Español's goal looked a bit too open when Jonathan Peru came free, but Emiliano Vachon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Angel Cordaro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emiliano Vachon having to interfere. After having played for 44 minutes, Raimundo Bastian managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Merlo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Raimundo Bastian was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Club Deportivo Español's Emiliano Vachon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Raimundo Bastian in the 45th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jonathan Peru in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Emiliano Vachon saved Club Deportivo Español from getting behind. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Esteve Cordaro to make the kick off. Emiliano Vachon stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jonathan Peru's shot from short distance in the 56th minute. Emiliano Vachon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonathan Peru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gualterio Serafo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Esteve Cordaro in the 61st minute of the match. Emiliano Vachon didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Merlo's Raimundo Bastian shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-4 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 67th minute, Club Deportivo Español's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Isidoro Iratze fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Emiliano Vachon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonathan Peru in the 70th minute of the match. Jonathan Peru succeeded in the game's 72nd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-5. Ladislao Pietro hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. With his leg Emiliano Vachon managed to avoid a goal in the 79thth minute, when Merlo's Raimundo Bastian fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When Santo Pelagius came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Merlo 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 Santo Pelagius couldn't finish the play. 92 minutes into the match, Club Deportivo Español's goal looked a bit too open when Jonathan Peru came free, but Emiliano Vachon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 96th minute of the match, Raimundo Bastian got a very nice opportunity to score, but Emiliano Vachon was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post.