League

Republica La Matanza
Spectators: 7679 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) With a little luck, Girardet's Raul James got control of the ball when Claudio Fanuco tried to sneak it across the goal line. Raul James showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fernan Cristos, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Girardet's Sonny Dalberg got a good chance for a goal in the 6th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 8th minute, Teodoro de Salles hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Girardet's Raul James played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sergio Geofredo in the 9th minute of play. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by Girardet's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Delmiro Guerrero was slow to take the kick. During this time Tito y su Vallet's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Tito y su Vallet's corner Delmiro Guerrero fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Raul James quite easily take care of the ball. 13 minutes into the match, Girardet's goal looked a bit too open when Fernan Cristos came free, but Raul James reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 15th minute, Claudio Fanuco made a precise shot to the right of Raul James. Girardet's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. 19 minutes into the match, Girardet's goal looked a bit too open when Fernan Cristos came free, but Raul James reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Claudio Fanuco's late challenge caught a Girardet's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Claudio Fanuco helped the player get up and apologised. Claudio Fanuco kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. Girardet's Raul James played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sergio Geofredo in the 25th minute of play. In the 29thth minute of the game Aníbal Santana who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Tito y su Vallet's Kuddusî Erokay was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Raul James showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Esteban Joanes in the 31st minute of the match. Raul James made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Claudio Fanuco sent off a good shot on target. After 39 minutes of play, Girardet's Aníbal Santana made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kuddusî Erokay was left in no man's land by his defense there! Raul James made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fernan Cristos in the 42nd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Claudio Fanuco got free with Raul James in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Aníbal Santana to strike the kick off in the second half. 61 minutes into the match, Girardet's goal looked a bit too open when Fernan Cristos came free, but Raul James reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernan Cristos in the 62nd minute of play forced Girardet's goalkeeper Raul James to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 63 played minutes Tito y su Vallet got a freekick which was hit by Esteban Joanes. 66 minutes into the match, Girardet's goal looked a bit too open when Sergio Geofredo came free, but Raul James reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Raul James showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Claudio Fanuco, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. In the 71st minute, Reinaldo Correia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 78 minutes into the match, Tito y su Vallet's goal looked a bit too open when Sonny Dalberg came free, but Kuddusî Erokay reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 80 played minutes Girardet got a freekick which was hit by Fidel Flores. Delmiro Guerrero took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 81st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Raul James. Girardet's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Raul James took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Claudio Fanuco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 90 minutes into the match, Tito y su Vallet's goalkeeper Kuddusî Erokay had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Teodoro de Salles. In the 93rd match minute, Girardet was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fidel Flores to maneuver through the defense. The Girardet players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.