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Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Luis Mejía took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eusebio Ecija, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 10 played minutes ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰ got a freekick which was hit by Mehmet Halis Özkoc. An unexpectedly hard shot by Semih Recai in the 14th minute of play forced Deportivo Balvanera's goalkeeper Omar Lauren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s Luis Mejía got control of the ball when Renato Portalupi tried to sneak it across the goal line. 18 minutes into the match, Deportivo Balvanera's goal looked a bit too open when Semih Recai came free, but Omar Lauren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by Deportivo Balvanera's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ovidio Jokin was slow to take the kick. During this time ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Ovidio Jokin got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Omar Lauren quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. If Isaias Erroman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When the match clock showed 26 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Semih Recai sped through Deportivo Balvanera's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Omar Lauren. ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s attentive Melchor Garoa managed to snatch the ball when Arí Brito made a throw-in in the 30th minute of the game. A hard shot by Eusebio Ecija from long distance, 35 minutes into the match, got Luis Mejía's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. After having played for 36 minutes, Isaias Erroman managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Deportivo Balvanera's supporters crossed their fingers, but Isaias Erroman was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 38th minute Renato Portalupi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luis Mejía saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Omar Lauren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Melchor Garoa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 40th minute, Renato Portalupi fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. 44 minutes into the match, Deportivo Balvanera's goal looked a bit too open when Semih Recai came free, but Omar Lauren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After the first half ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰ were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Semih Recai to strike the kick off in the second half. 57 minutes into the match, Deportivo Balvanera's goalkeeper Omar Lauren had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Semih Recai. 58 minutes into the match, Deportivo Balvanera's goalkeeper Omar Lauren had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Semih Recai. After 60 minutes Deportivo Balvanera's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ovidio Jokin who took care of the corner kick. Melchor Garoa spun around in front of the goal 60 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Deportivo Balvanera's goal. Deportivo Balvanera made a substitution. Prudencio Uhin replaced Eugenio Mena. In the 63rd minute Eusebio Ecija shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luis Mejía saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jaroslaw Kaczorowski in the 68th minute of play forced ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s goalkeeper Luis Mejía to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 68 minutes into the match, Jaroslaw Kaczorowski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luis Mejía. ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jaroslaw Kaczorowski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s Nafiz Bilen was substituted for Mehmet Halis Özkoc. ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s Ivan Nisio was substituted for Semih Recai. ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰ made a substitution. Tomáš Kožený replaced Melchor Garoa. Tomáš Kožený received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Omar Lauren tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luis Mejía showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from François-Xavier Castello in the 79th minute of the match. 79 minutes into the match, François-Xavier Castello notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s Luis Mejía. Luis Mejía was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 85 minutes into the match, ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰'s goal looked a bit too open when François-Xavier Castello came free, but Luis Mejía reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luis Mejía made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from François-Xavier Castello in the 88th minute of play. 91 minutes into the match, Deportivo Balvanera's François-Xavier Castello sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Luis Mejía narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Deportivo Balvanera were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of ✰VILLA SARMIENTO✰ for a fine match.