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Esquel
Spectators: 7479 (Terracing: 5611, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Lucas Ariando got the match started through his kick off. Nicasio Markel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Astor Laurentzi in the 3rd minute. In the 3rd minute, Inter Miami's Astor Laurentzi dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. In the 7th minute Lucas Ariando shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicasio Markel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 9 minutes, Lucas Ariando put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Nicasio Markel. The supporters of ferrocarriloeste booed when Inter Miami was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Natalio Natal didn't get a good kick on the ball. Erubiel Florian struck a weak shot in the 12th minute. Bernardinho Queirós didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ferrocarriloeste. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ivan Abecia in the 14th minute of play forced Inter Miami's goalkeeper Bernardinho Queirós to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Erubiel Florian received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Bernardinho Queirós tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ivan Abecia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bernardinho Queirós having to interfere. Erubiel Florian fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bernardinho Queirós having to interfere. Nicasio Markel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Natalio Natal in the 27th minute of play. ferrocarriloeste's Nicasio Markel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save ferrocarriloeste from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Inter Miami getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Americo Claus hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Lucas Ariando kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Nicasio Markel. That made the score 4-0 in the 35 minute of play. 41 minutes into the game, Inter Miami's Natalio Natal nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nicasio Markel made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. Americo Claus's late challenge caught a ferrocarriloeste's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Americo Claus helped the player get up and apologised. In the 45th minute, Americo Claus hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ivan Abecia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Bernardinho Queirós tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ivan Abecia stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in ferrocarriloeste's zone, Lucas Ariando stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nicasio Markel came out of the goal and Lucas Ariando tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some careless play in the ferrocarriloeste defense, Natalio Natal kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nicasio Markel. The ferrocarriloeste fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nicasio Markel should have stopped the shot. Teodoro Gaxan kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. Inter Miami's Timoteo Toli got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Lucas Ariando struck a weak shot in the 68th minute. Nicasio Markel didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Inter Miami. Jonas Geleberto hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. The supporters of ferrocarriloeste booed when Inter Miami was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lucas Ariando didn't get a good kick on the ball. 77 minutes into the match, Natalio Natal had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nicasio Markel. ferrocarriloeste's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Natalio Natal was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. In the 81st minute, Astor Laurentzi got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 83rd minute, Luisito Ugaitz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nicasio Markel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Astor Laurentzi in the 90th minute of the match. Natalio Natal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Nicasio Markel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Natalio Natal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. For all the effort they put into the match, the ferrocarriloeste players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Inter Miami.