League

Erasmo Polentzi
Spectators: 7183 (Terracing: 5389, Seating: 1652, VIP seats: 142) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Godofredo Nastasio made the kick off which started today's match. When Godofredo Nastasio came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the Topeño III fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Godofredo Nastasio couldn't finish the play. When Lorenzo Gaitano came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the El Gran Chaná fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Lorenzo Gaitano couldn't finish the play. Marcelino Maidana took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hilario Bertran, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lorenzo Gaitano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 25 minutes into the match, Topeño III's goal looked a bit too open when Hilario Bertran came free, but Marcelino Maidana reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 26th match minute, Topeño III was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Godofredo Nastasio to maneuver through the defense. 38 minutes into the game, Topeño III's Godofredo Nastasio nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Virgilio Moise made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. 43 minutes into the match, Topeño III's goal looked a bit too open when Lorenzo Gaitano came free, but Marcelino Maidana reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Lorenzo Gaitano stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Anselmo Beti had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Virgilio Moise. El Gran Chaná's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Anselmo Beti was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Godofredo Nastasio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Virgilio Moise having to interfere. El Gran Chaná's Virgilio Moise played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Godofredo Nastasio in the 59th minute of play. In the 61st minute of the match Topeño III got a corner. El Gran Chaná's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Antonio Nuxila ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Antonio Nuxila got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Virgilio Moise quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Godofredo Nastasio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Topeño III's Anselmo Beti got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Virgilio Moise didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Godofredo Nastasio went, in the 65th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Godofredo Nastasio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Virgilio Moise tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Anselmo Beti had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Godofredo Nastasio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Virgilio Moise having to interfere. Godofredo Nastasio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Virgilio Moise having to interfere. Marcelino Maidana made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Hilario Bertran sent off a good shot on target. After having played for 86 minutes, Anselmo Beti managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Topeño III's supporters crossed their fingers, but Anselmo Beti was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 93 minutes of play, Topeño III's Damaso Dantae made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Virgilio Moise was left in no man's land by his defense there! It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Topeño III had played much better football throughout.