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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) After 5 played minutes 5 AM got a freekick which was hit by Eusebio Mosen. Benedicto Gonzo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Evelio Tanio went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. If Erasmo Miliano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luis Kepa received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Baldomiro Mattin came out and tried to block the shot, but Luis Kepa slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 16th minute. Damaso Cedro's late challenge caught a 5 AM's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Damaso Cedro helped the player get up and apologised. In the 19th match minute, River Plate was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Damaso Cedro to maneuver through the defense. 20 minutes into the match, River Plate's goal looked a bit too open when Ermegildo Erlantz came free, but Benedicto Gonzo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 26 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for 5 AM! After 32 played minutes River Plate got a freekick which was hit by Luis Kepa. After having played for 33 minutes, Ermegildo Erlantz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 5 AM's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ermegildo Erlantz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to 5 AM getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Bernardo Urdaspal hit a great ball. Benedicto Gonzo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bernardo Urdaspal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Evelio Tanio made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ambrosio Joey in the 58th minute of play forced River Plate's goalkeeper Benedicto Gonzo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benedicto Gonzo made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Ambrosio Joey sent off a good shot on target. Baldomiro Mattin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erasmo Miliano, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. With a little luck, River Plate's Benedicto Gonzo got control of the ball when Ambrosio Joey tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to River Plate getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Damaso Cedro hit a great ball. Evelio Tanio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benedicto Gonzo having to interfere. A collision led to 5 AM getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Evelio Tanio hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, Erasmo Miliano managed to get in a good position for a shot. River Plate's supporters rose to their feet, but Erasmo Miliano was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Baldomiro Mattin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Luis Kepa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Baldomiro Mattin having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Erasmo Miliano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Baldomiro Mattin was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. In the 86thth minute of the game Erasmo Miliano who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but 5 AM's Baldomiro Mattin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 88th match minute, 5 AM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bernardo Urdaspal to maneuver through the defense. Erasmo Miliano might have been able to make a better finish in the 93rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Baldomiro Mattin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Erasmo Miliano ran back to his position shaking his head. Luis Kepa struck a weak shot in the 95th minute. Baldomiro Mattin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for River Plate. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.