Challenge

Giuseppe Meazza
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Maximino Mazuste got the match started through his kick off. 2 minutes into the match, Horácio Garcia notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of San Lorenzo's Gregorio Acevedo. Gregorio Acevedo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Emanuel Podgoreanu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Federico Chan in the 8th minute of play. Ezequiel Nesor made in the 11th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Joel Haimar. After 14 played minutes San Lorenzo got a freekick which was hit by Amado Panfilo. In the 18th minute, Horácio Garcia ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gregorio Acevedo was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Yves Ayral received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Gregorio Acevedo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 23rd minute Horácio Garcia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gregorio Acevedo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Horácio Garcia in the 25th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gregorio Acevedo saved San Lorenzo from getting behind. Horácio Garcia scored 0-4 in the 27th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gregorio Acevedo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 30 minutes into the match, San Lorenzo's goal looked a bit too open when Horácio Garcia came free, but Gregorio Acevedo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mabrouk Dolar during the 31st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, San Lorenzo's Mabrouk Dolar got a free kick in the 31st minute. In the 32nd minute Horácio Garcia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gregorio Acevedo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gregorio Acevedo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Horácio Garcia went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. Horácio Garcia recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 39th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Gregorio Acevedo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Horácio Garcia in the 41st minute of the match. Gregorio Acevedo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Horácio Garcia went, in the 42nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. 47 minutes into the game, Horácio Garcia cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-7. Gregorio Acevedo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The San Lorenzo players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos were winning 0-7.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Horácio Garcia made a kick off. After 52 played minutes San Lorenzo got a freekick which was hit by Ezequiel Nesor. San Lorenzo's Gregorio Acevedo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save San Lorenzo from getting a goal against them. In the 54th minute of the match Acercate Y Patea de Lejos got a corner. San Lorenzo's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Gustavo Tartalo ran over to the corner to take the kick. The crowd rose to their feet as Horácio Garcia kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Gregorio Acevedo. That made the score 0-8 in the 58 minute of play. After 60 played minutes Horácio Garcia rounded San Lorenzo's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-9. Gregorio Acevedo was out of position in the 64 minute of play, and Horácio Garcia capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Horácio Garcia really showed his touch with that goal: 0-10. With a little luck, San Lorenzo's Gregorio Acevedo got control of the ball when Rosendo Gervaso tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Rosendo Gervaso had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gregorio Acevedo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rosendo Gervaso in the 77th minute of the match. Rosendo Gervaso's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 84thth minute, Gregorio Acevedo skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 86 minutes into the match, San Lorenzo's goalkeeper Gregorio Acevedo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rosendo Gervaso. An unexpectedly hard shot by Natalio Guter in the 87th minute of play forced San Lorenzo's goalkeeper Gregorio Acevedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 87 minutes of play, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Natalio Guter made it 0-12 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gregorio Acevedo was left in no man's land by his defense there! 94 minutes into the match, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Rosendo Gervaso sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gregorio Acevedo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.