League

Estadio Federal
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jesus Abadie took the kick off in the first half of the match. Narciso Dabi in the 3rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Marcial Karmel, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Social ST's Marcial Karmel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Social ST from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in Social ST's zone, Pablo Chorache stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marcial Karmel came out of the goal and Pablo Chorache tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 15th minute Pablo Chorache shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcial Karmel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Pablo Chorache had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Pablo Chorache's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcial Karmel was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Marcial Karmel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Narciso Dabi in the 22nd minute. In the 24th minute, Efrain Sanchez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Norberto Bilbo was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Geronimo Telmo charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Geronimo Telmo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Geronimo Telmo hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Social ST's defense didn't have a chance, in the 36th minute, when Pablo Chorache scored to the left of an out of position Marcial Karmel, making the score, 2-1. Rodrigo Magdaleno fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcial Karmel having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Pablo Chorache made a kick off. Pablo Chorache sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Edgardo Ereinotz's late challenge caught a Social ST's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Edgardo Ereinotz helped the player get up and apologised. After 59 played minutes Federal got a freekick which was hit by Edgardo Ereinotz. Jesus Abadie sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marcial Karmel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Narciso Dabi, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nicanor Crispo got free with Norberto Bilbo in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Narciso Dabi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcial Karmel having to interfere. Marcial Karmel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pablo Chorache in the 75th minute of the match. Narciso Dabi struck a weak shot in the 82nd minute. Marcial Karmel didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Federal . Pablo Chorache sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 93 minutes of play, Federal 's Pablo Chorache made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcial Karmel was left in no man's land by his defense there! It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Federal had played much better football throughout.