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El Potrero
Spectators: 7309 (Terracing: 5483, Seating: 1681, VIP seats: 145) Francisco Columbo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodolfo Austin in the 13th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodolfo Austin in the 14th minute of play forced Sñupi's goalkeeper Francisco Columbo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 27 minutes into the game, Silvestre Cebo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Tolek Skonieczny was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Bartolo Oton's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 32ndth minute, Francisco Columbo skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 34 minutes into the game, Bartolo Oton cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Francisco Columbo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodolfo Austin in the 38th minute of play forced Sñupi's goalkeeper Francisco Columbo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rodolfo Austin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Francisco Columbo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bartolo Oton sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

52 minutes into the match, Sñupi's goal looked a bit too open when Aldo Bastian came free, but Francisco Columbo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 57th match minute, Azul FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by German Gaitan to maneuver through the defense. If Cirilo Lano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rodolfo Austin's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Francisco Columbo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 60th minute of play. After 66th play minutes Bartolo Oton shot 2-1, a short shot which went by Francisco Columbo and just under the crossbar into goal. 2-2 became the score in the 72nd minute when Cirilo Lano elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 82nd minute, Silvestre Cebo 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. Rodolfo Austin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bartolo Oton fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Francisco Columbo having to interfere. Francisco Columbo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bartolo Oton went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. 94 minutes into the match, Bartolo Oton had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Francisco Columbo. Sñupi's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bartolo Oton was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-2. Azul FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.