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NESTOR KIRCHNER
Spectators: 7722 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) vox dei's Leo Palau 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 3rd minute, Christian Presebal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eriberto Favila recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 4th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 4 minutes into the match, La gallardeta's Eriberto Favila sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jorge Ekain narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 6th minute, Sixto Sotil hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 7 minutes of play, La gallardeta's Bernard Skarpiak made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jorge Ekain was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a little luck, vox dei's Jorge Ekain got control of the ball when Ale Noga tried to sneak it across the goal line. When La gallardeta's Bernard Skarpiak in the 13th minute got a chance for a shot 13th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye vox dei's goalie prevented a goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Ale Noga kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jorge Ekain. That made the score 2-0 in the 19 minute of play. In the 24th match minute, vox dei was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gregg Tebbit to maneuver through the defense. In the 24th minute, Bernard Skarpiak 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. When Eriberto Favila came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the La gallardeta 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 Eriberto Favila couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lino Oalo in the 34th minute of play forced La gallardeta's goalkeeper Jan-Erik Nyman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. La gallardeta's Jan-Erik Nyman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Akis Kopanos in the 38th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Leo Palau in the 42nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jan-Erik Nyman prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Leo Palau's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jan-Erik Nyman was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. 45 minutes into the match, Bernard Skarpiak dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jorge Ekain, 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ale Noga to make the kick off. Jan-Erik Nyman made a fantastic save in the 50th minute, when Lino Oalo sent off a good shot on target. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Ale Noga managed to get in a good position for a shot. La gallardeta's supporters rose to their feet, but Ale Noga was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jorge Ekain breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 59 minutes into the match, vox dei's goal looked a bit too open when Bernard Skarpiak came free, but Jorge Ekain reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 60th minute, vox dei's Leo Palau dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-1. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Bernard Skarpiak in the 65th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jorge Ekain prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Saverio Ariza hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Ale Noga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Julian Noe kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. In the 74th minute Ale Noga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jorge Ekain saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 77th match minute, vox dei was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Saverio Ariza to maneuver through the defense. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Sixto Sotil during the 82nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 82 played minutes vox dei got a freekick which was hit by Sixto Sotil. 85 minutes into the match, Bernard Skarpiak had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jorge Ekain. vox dei's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bernard Skarpiak was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. Bernard Skarpiak sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 93rdth minute of the game Ale Noga who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but vox dei's Jorge Ekain was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Bernard Skarpiak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead.