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Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Deportivo Balvanera's Joaquin Nofre 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. Marcial Dantae didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Severiano Taurino went, in the 8th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, Palermo's Prospero Rubio got a free kick in the 10th minute. Cayetano Behe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Prospero Rubio, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Marcial Dantae showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joaquin Nofre in the 17th minute of the match. Cayetano Behe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santos Ioritz in the 19th minute of play. 24 minutes into the game, Deportivo Balvanera's Severiano Taurino nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marcial Dantae made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Marcial Dantae made an important save on a dangerous shot by Diego Milito in the 27th minute. 29 minutes into the game, Florencio Paz was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Deportivo Balvanera's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Palermo the free kick. Florencio Paz hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. Cayetano Behe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santos Ioritz in the 34th minute of play. In the 36th match minute, Deportivo Balvanera was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Severiano Taurino to maneuver through the defense. 41 minutes into the game, Severiano Taurino cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-1. Marcial Dantae was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Marcial Dantae was out of position in the 44 minute of play, and Severiano Taurino capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Severiano Taurino really showed his touch with that goal: 5-1. After a rather tough play, Deportivo Balvanera's Severiano Taurino got a free kick in the 46th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Prospero Rubio to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Joaquin Nofre's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcial Dantae was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. In the 56th minute, Joaquin Nofre left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Deportivo Balvanera fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-1. Diego Milito hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Marcial Dantae didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Deportivo Balvanera's Diego Milito shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 8-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Diego Milito succeeded in the game's 70th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 9-1. After 77 minutes Palermo's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Severiano Taurino who took care of the corner kick. 86 minutes into the game, Diego Milito cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 11-1. Marcial Dantae was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Santos Ioritz kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Palermo defense, Diego Milito kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marcial Dantae. The Palermo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marcial Dantae should have stopped the shot. Fabricio Errapel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcial Dantae having to interfere. Deportivo Balvanera's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.