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Jorge A. Newbery
Spectators: 7349 (Terracing: 5512, Seating: 1690, VIP seats: 147) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ulises Basualdo kicked off to start the match. In the 2nd match minute, Rey Garufa FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ubaldo Diaz to maneuver through the defense. Armando Theodore received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Celso Kinsen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 6 played minutes C.A. Luzuriaga got a freekick which was hit by Severino Henry. Through an outstanding action, after 10 minutes, Rodrigo Endura successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. If Ulises Basualdo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Celso Kinsen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Armando Theodore in the 24th minute of the match. A collision led to C.A. Luzuriaga getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Ezequiel Azubeli hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Fidel Ciano kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Rodrigo Endura. That made the score 1-0 in the 28 minute of play. Per-Åke Gullesson charged in rather forcefully in the 32nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Per-Åke Gullesson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 32 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Rey Garufa FC! The score was 2-0 after a penalty in the 35th minute, where C.A. Luzuriaga:s Ulises Basualdo tricked Rey Garufa FC:s Rodrigo Endura with a difficult ball by the left post. If Honorato Eneto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Celso Kinsen came out of the goal in the 44th minute to try and stop a shot by Rey Garufa FC's Honorato Eneto. But to his dismay, Honorato Eneto quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. After 47 minutes of play, Rey Garufa FC's Armando Theodore made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Celso Kinsen was left in no man's land by his defense there!

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Armando Theodore was the one to do the kick off. Rodrigo Endura showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ulises Basualdo, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Rodrigo Endura made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ulises Basualdo in the 57th minute of play. Jaime Onbera hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ulises Basualdo in the 59th minute of play forced Rey Garufa FC's goalkeeper Rodrigo Endura to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. C.A. Luzuriaga's Amador Terciero got a good chance for a goal in the 60th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Amador Terciero scored 3-2 in the 63rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rodrigo Endura, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, Rey Garufa FC's Per-Åke Gullesson got a free kick in the 66th minute. Amador Terciero received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Rodrigo Endura tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Honorato Eneto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rodrigo Endura made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ulises Basualdo in the 74th minute of play. Ulises Basualdo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rodrigo Endura having to interfere. 81 minutes into the game, Armando Theodore recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Celso Kinsen. Armando Theodore showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-3. After 85 minutes of play, Rey Garufa FC's Armando Theodore made it 3-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Celso Kinsen was left in no man's land by his defense there! Roman Rumaldo's late challenge caught a C.A. Luzuriaga's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Roman Rumaldo helped the player get up and apologised. In the 96th match minute, Rey Garufa FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roman Rumaldo to maneuver through the defense. The C.A. Luzuriaga fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Rey Garufa FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.