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Estadio Malvinas Arg
Spectators: 6446 (Terracing: 5446, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sixto Mattin got the match started through his kick off. Pablo Juvenal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Niceto Bonifaco in the 4th minute of play. Cayetano Ruy's late challenge caught a La Cruzada FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cayetano Ruy helped the player get up and apologised. In the 4th minute, Cayetano Ruy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hipolito Barbosa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pablo Juvenal having to make a save. Gaudencio Ramirez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cayetano Paulin in the 7th minute of the match. Roman Loiola could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Pablo Juvenal made a huge save. In the 12th minute, Niceto Bonifaco 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. Pablo Juvenal didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 16th minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. Gaudencio Ramirez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cayetano Paulin, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. In the 20th minute Sixto Mattin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gaudencio Ramirez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Niceto Bonifaco recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 23rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Hipolito Barbosa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Niceto Bonifaco's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pablo Juvenal read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 26th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 28 minutes, Niceto Bonifaco took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Pablo Juvenal to make any attempt to save it. Niceto Bonifaco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pablo Juvenal having to interfere. 35 minutes into the match, Luján's goalkeeper Pablo Juvenal had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Roman Loiola. Luján's defense didn't have a chance, in the 36th minute, when Niceto Bonifaco scored to the left of an out of position Pablo Juvenal, making the score, 3-0. 45 minutes in the game, Niceto Bonifaco fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Pablo Juvenal having to interfere. If Roman Loiola had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Niceto Bonifaco could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Pablo Juvenal made a huge save. Roman Loiola's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Pablo Juvenal firmly grabbed it by the left post. 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 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Niceto Bonifaco to make the kick off. Niceto Bonifaco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 57 minutes, Hipolito Barbosa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. La Cruzada FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hipolito Barbosa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 63rd minute Niceto Bonifaco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pablo Juvenal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 67th minute, Hipolito Barbosa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pablo Juvenal was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. After a rather tough play, Luján's Salvador Katia got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Albino Balasi's late challenge caught a La Cruzada FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Albino Balasi helped the player get up and apologised. After 74 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Luján! In the 76th minute there was a penalty for La Cruzada FC. Gregorio Cordarin stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Pablo Juvenal. 5-0. The audience was convinced that Niceto Bonifaco's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pablo Juvenal was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. La Cruzada FC's Luisito Hechter got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Pablo Juvenal stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Niceto Bonifaco's shot from short distance in the 84th minute. 86 minutes into the match, Luján's goal looked a bit too open when Luisito Hechter came free, but Pablo Juvenal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Luján defense, Niceto Bonifaco kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pablo Juvenal. The Luján fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pablo Juvenal should have stopped the shot. If Niceto Bonifaco had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pablo Juvenal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Niceto Bonifaco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Luján's Cayetano Ruy got a free kick in the 99th minute. In the 100th minute, Niceto Bonifaco 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. La Cruzada FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.