League

José Sand
Spectators: 10800 (Terracing: 8101, Seating: 2484, VIP seats: 215) The audience thought a goal was coming when Horácio Garcia got free with Marcos Ranolfo in the 3rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 6th match minute, Estudiantes de América was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diego Simeone to maneuver through the defense. Estudiantes de América's Nilmar Marinho got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Horácio Garcia received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Marcos Ranolfo came out and tried to block the shot, but Horácio Garcia slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 16th minute. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Emanuel Podgoreanu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nilmar Marinho in the 19th minute of play. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Emanuel Podgoreanu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nilmar Marinho in the 21st minute of play. In the 22nd minute of the match Estudiantes de América got a corner. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Maximo Dei ran over to the corner to take the kick. Estudiantes de América's Maximo Dei was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Emanuel Podgoreanu in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Emanuel Podgoreanu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nilmar Marinho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Nilmar Marinho came up free with the goalie in the 31st minute, the Estudiantes de América 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 Nilmar Marinho couldn't finish the play. Horácio Garcia scored 2-0 in the 33rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcos Ranolfo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ricardo Bochini hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nilmar Marinho in the 39th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Emanuel Podgoreanu prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A sloppy throw-in by Prospero Gabirel in the 44th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Joel Haimar. A throw-in in the 46th minute of the game was made by Prospero Gabirel with Nilmar Marinho as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Estudiantes de América's Concetto Trasatti was substituted for Nilmar Marinho. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Concetto Trasatti to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Horácio Garcia in the 58th minute of play forced Estudiantes de América's goalkeeper Marcos Ranolfo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Concetto Trasatti could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Emanuel Podgoreanu made a huge save. With a little luck, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Emanuel Podgoreanu got control of the ball when Traian Blăniță tried to sneak it across the goal line. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos made a substitution. Rosendo Gervaso replaced Yves Ayral. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos made a substitution. Eliseo Abechuco replaced Cyprian Trochowski. Emanuel Podgoreanu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gavino Raymundo in the 69th minute of play. Marcos Ranolfo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eliseo Abechuco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Estudiantes de América defense, Rosendo Gervaso kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marcos Ranolfo. The Estudiantes de América fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marcos Ranolfo should have stopped the shot. Maximo Dei received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Emanuel Podgoreanu came out and tried to block the shot, but Maximo Dei slotted it home off the left post making it 3-2 in the 85th minute. 88 minutes into the match, Estudiantes de América's goal looked a bit too open when Eliseo Abechuco came free, but Marcos Ranolfo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marcos Ranolfo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eliseo Abechuco in the 91st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Estudiantes de América's Maximo Dei got a free kick in the 94th minute. Blas Guzman made a great header on Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's corner, it was just that Estudiantes de América's Marcos Ranolfo managed to reach the ball for a save. Marcos Ranolfo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Blas Guzman in the 98th minute of the match. Many of Estudiantes de América's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. Estudiantes de América may have spent more time on the ball, but Acercate Y Patea de Lejos were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.