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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) RACING CLUB DE AVELLANEDA's Christian Bernad 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. In the 5th match minute, RACING CLUB DE AVELLANEDA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rene Ibañez to maneuver through the defense. In the 6thth minute of the game Santos Ekhi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but RACING CLUB DE AVELLANEDA's Tobias Licerio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 10th minute, Patricio Bernard left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ñanducita fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Jaime Bortzaioriz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carolo Niva having to interfere. In the 15th match minute, Ñanducita was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patricio Bernard to maneuver through the defense. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Damaso Nayely during the 19th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 19th minute, Damaso Nayely hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 20 minutes into the match, RACING CLUB DE AVELLANEDA's goal looked a bit too open when Gilberto Tibalt came free, but Tobias Licerio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 22nd minute Gilberto Tibalt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tobias Licerio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Ñanducita getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Jimeno Vincente hit a great ball. Delmar Larpe struck a weak shot in the 32nd minute. Carolo Niva didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for RACING CLUB DE AVELLANEDA. If Marcelo Veremundo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 37th minute Paulino Lazcano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tobias Licerio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Ñanducita's Christian Venceslao got a free kick in the 39th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Christian Bernad in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Carolo Niva saved Ñanducita from getting behind. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Santos Ekhi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Santos Ekhi got free with Tobias Licerio in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 55 minutes into the match, Christian Bernad notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Ñanducita's Carolo Niva. Carolo Niva was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After having played for 57 minutes, Maximino Txema managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. RACING CLUB DE AVELLANEDA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Maximino Txema was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 60 minutes into the game, Rene Ibañez was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. RACING CLUB DE AVELLANEDA's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ñanducita the free kick. In the 60th match minute, RACING CLUB DE AVELLANEDA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rene Ibañez to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Santos Ekhi got free with Tobias Licerio in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Tobias Licerio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Santos Ekhi, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. In the 70th match minute, Ñanducita was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jimeno Vincente to maneuver through the defense. 72 minutes into the game, Jaime Bortzaioriz cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Carolo Niva was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Jaime Bortzaioriz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carolo Niva having to interfere. In the 79th match minute, Ñanducita was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabio Guib to maneuver through the defense. 82 minutes into the game, Paulino Lazcano was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ñanducita's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave RACING CLUB DE AVELLANEDA the free kick. 83 minutes into the match, Ñanducita's goal looked a bit too open when Jaime Bortzaioriz came free, but Carolo Niva reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Ñanducita defense, Genaro Koldo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Carolo Niva. The Ñanducita fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Carolo Niva should have stopped the shot. Gilberto Tibalt could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 94th minute of the match, but Tobias Licerio made a huge save. Christian Venceslao was shown his second yellow card after 96 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. RACING CLUB DE AVELLANEDA walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.