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República Serrana
Spectators: 7004 (Terracing: 5404, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 100) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Lucas Cugat made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucas Cugat in the 13th minute of play forced Deportivo Chaco's goalkeeper Leonel Acevedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gavino Paez succeeded in the game's 15th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Hugo Refugio in the 19th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Maximino Cesaro saved República FC from getting behind. In the 24thth minute of the game Lucas Cugat who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Deportivo Chaco's Leonel Acevedo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Lucas Cugat's late challenge caught a Deportivo Chaco's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lucas Cugat helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Deportivo Chaco booed when República FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lucas Cugat didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Gavino Paez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Maximino Cesaro was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. In the 33rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Deportivo Chaco's goalkeeper Leonel Acevedo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The supporters of República FC booed when Deportivo Chaco was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edgard Heriberto didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lucas Cugat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Deportivo Chaco getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Edgard Heriberto hit a great ball. After 41 minutes of play, Deportivo Chaco's Hugo Refugio made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Maximino Cesaro was left in no man's land by his defense there! Hugo Refugio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Hugo Refugio made a kick off. After 54 minutes of play, Deportivo Chaco's Gavino Paez made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Maximino Cesaro was left in no man's land by his defense there! Cosme Pello hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. In the 63rd minute, República FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Hugo Refugio fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. If Lucas Cugat had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gavino Paez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maximino Cesaro having to interfere. If Hugo Refugio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucas Cugat in the 82nd minute of play forced Deportivo Chaco's goalkeeper Leonel Acevedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lucas Cugat received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Leonel Acevedo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lucas Cugat might have been able to make a better finish in the 86th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Leonel Acevedo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lucas Cugat ran back to his position shaking his head. After 91 played minutes Deportivo Chaco got a freekick which was hit by Apolo Ermengol. If Lucas Cugat had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpected shot in the 96th minute by Gavino Paez got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Gavino Paez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 98th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Deportivo Chaco eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.