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El Juan Pasquale
Spectators: 7334 (Terracing: 5502, Seating: 1687, VIP seats: 145) Defensores de Belgrano's Nicanor Virila 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. Cirilo Ponce might have been able to make a better finish in the 3rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ciro Gaitano. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cirilo Ponce ran back to his position shaking his head. A collision led to Defensores de Belgrano getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Sixto Behe hit a great ball. Ciro Gaitano didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Silvestre Maurino went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. If Geronimo Pierres had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ivan Argina received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Javier Perez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Geronimo Pierres in the 23rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ciro Gaitano prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 26th minute, Silvestre Maurino left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Malvinas Argentinas fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. After the first half Malvinas Argentinas were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Geronimo Pierres was the one to do the kick off. If Cirilo Ponce had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd rose to their feet as Silvestre Maurino kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ciro Gaitano. That made the score 0-3 in the 60 minute of play. Geronimo Pierress short, quick shot in the 63rdth minute got Ciro Gaitano to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Geronimo Pierres in the 67th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ciro Gaitano prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 69th minute, Malvinas Argentinas's Silvestre Maurino dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-4. Ciro Gaitano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Geronimo Pierres, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. After a rather tough play, Defensores de Belgrano's Sixto Behe got a free kick in the 84th minute. Defensores de Belgrano's Ciro Gaitano proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Defensores de Belgrano from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cirilo Ponce got free with Ciro Gaitano in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ciro Gaitano didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cirilo Ponce went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. When the match was over Malvinas Argentinas could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Defensores de Belgrano throughout the match.