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Holmberg
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Leo Clementi got the match started through his kick off. Guaberto Luke's late challenge caught a Holmberg's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Guaberto Luke helped the player get up and apologised. Leo Clementi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Leo Clementi got free with Alberto Abadia in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Holmberg's Raimundo Benvide got a free kick in the 13th minute. Gaston Boni fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ragnar Brodin having to interfere. Rodolfo Rumaldo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alberto Abadia having to interfere. With a little luck, Borussia's Alberto Abadia got control of the ball when Leo Clementi tried to sneak it across the goal line. After having played for 34 minutes, Leo Clementi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Holmberg's supporters crossed their fingers, but Leo Clementi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ezequiel Izotz didn't miss a given chance and shot in short distance 1-0 via right post in the game's 37th minute. Holmberg's supporters showed their exhuberating excitement! Rodolfo Rumaldo was extremely unlucky when he, in the 40th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. When Leo Clementi fell near the penalty area in the 42nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Holmberg's protests and gave Leo Clementi a yellow card for diving instead. In the 42nd match minute, Holmberg was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leo Clementi to maneuver through the defense. Ragnar Brodin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gaston Boni in the 43rd minute of play. After 44 minutes, Martin Bazil mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Holmberg and the Borussia players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Holmberg getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Martin Bazil hit a great ball. Ragnar Brodin came out of the goal in the 45th minute to try and stop a shot by Borussia's Gaston Boni. But to his dismay, Gaston Boni quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gaston Boni to make the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Borussia's zone, Godfredo Galtero stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alberto Abadia came out of the goal and Godfredo Galtero tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 69th minute, Rodolfo Rumaldo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alberto Abadia was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Leo Clementi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alberto Abadia having to interfere. 80 minutes into the game, Holmberg's Leo Clementi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Alberto Abadia made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. In the 84th minute Godfredo Galtero shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alberto Abadia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 86th minute, Martin Bazil left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Holmberg fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. The audience was convinced that Leo Clementi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alberto Abadia was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. After some careless play in the Borussia defense, Leo Clementi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alberto Abadia. The Borussia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alberto Abadia should have stopped the shot.