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Marcos Aguinis
Spectators: 7198 (Terracing: 5400, Seating: 1655, VIP seats: 143) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cirilo Lertxun started the match with the kick off. Aurelio Leocadio's late challenge caught a Leones's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aurelio Leocadio helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Defensores Alberdi Club getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Aurelio Leocadio hit a great ball. A collision led to Defensores Alberdi Club getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Desiderio Ihintza hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomás Carlomagno in the 21st minute of play forced Defensores Alberdi Club's goalkeeper Baldomiro Bikendi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Desiderio Ihintza kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. If Leandro Pereyra had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 42nd minute Tomás Carlomagno shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Baldomiro Bikendi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Leandro Pereyra made the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Defensores Alberdi Club's zone, Tomás Carlomagno stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Baldomiro Bikendi came out of the goal and Tomás Carlomagno tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Baldomiro Bikendi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leandro Pereyra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tomás Carlomagno sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 70 minutes into the match, Defensores Alberdi Club's Tomás Iban sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jimeno Berto narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Jimeno Berto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Silvano Harri, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomás Carlomagno got free with Baldomiro Bikendi in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 78 minutes into the match, Defensores Alberdi Club's goal looked a bit too open when Benicio Eyague came free, but Baldomiro Bikendi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 79 minutes into the match, Tomás Carlomagno notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Defensores Alberdi Club's Baldomiro Bikendi. Baldomiro Bikendi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Defensores Alberdi Club's defense didn't have a chance, in the 82nd minute, when Tomás Carlomagno scored to the left of an out of position Baldomiro Bikendi, making the score, 0-3. Baldomiro Bikendi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomás Carlomagno in the 89th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Antonio Galindo during the 91st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 91 played minutes Defensores Alberdi Club got a freekick which was hit by Antonio Galindo. Leones played a much better game than Defensores Alberdi Club and deserved their victory. The Defensores Alberdi Club players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.