League

El Monumental
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Hermengildo Laurgain made the kick off and thus started the match. Cristian Arnau hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, River Plate's Narciso Pirro got a free kick in the 8th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eleuterio Mino in the 11th minute of play forced River Plate's goalkeeper Leonides Katia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 15th minute Hermengildo Laurgain shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonides Katia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 16th minute Hipolito Alfonso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonides Katia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 18 minutes into the match, River Plate's goal looked a bit too open when Casimiro Raymundo came free, but Leonides Katia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Leonides Katia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hermengildo Laurgain in the 23rd minute of the match. After some careless play in the River Plate defense, Hipolito Alfonso kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Leonides Katia. The River Plate fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Leonides Katia should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Casimiro Raymundo in the 27th minute of play forced River Plate's goalkeeper Leonides Katia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 28 minutes into the match, River Plate's goal looked a bit too open when Casimiro Raymundo came free, but Leonides Katia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hipolito Alfonso in the 30th minute of play forced River Plate's goalkeeper Leonides Katia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gogo Stanislao sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ramon Goito hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. In the 40th minute Hermengildo Laurgain shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonides Katia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Leonides Katia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hipolito Alfonso in the 44th minute of play. In the 46th match minute, River Plate was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paulo Opilano to maneuver through the defense. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gogo Stanislao to make the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hipolito Alfonso got free with Leonides Katia in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 55th minute Hermengildo Laurgain shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonides Katia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Leonides Katia made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Hipolito Alfonso sent off a good shot on target. In the 62nd minute Hermengildo Laurgain shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonides Katia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to River Plate getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Narciso Pirro hit a great ball. Leonides Katia made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cristian Arnau in the 72nd minute. When Cristian Arnau fell near the penalty area in the 75th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Rancul's protests and gave Cristian Arnau a yellow card for diving instead. Alfredo Loreto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gabriel Berriotxoa having to interfere. Hipolito Alfonso could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Leonides Katia made a huge save. Hipolito Alfonso who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 83rdth minute tested the skills of Leonides Katia when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Hipolito Alfonso came free with the goalkeeper in the 85th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Leonides Katia could save by the left post. Leonides Katia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Arnau in the 86th minute of play. The supporters of River Plate booed when Rancul was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristian Arnau didn't get a good kick on the ball. Leonides Katia made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Hipolito Alfonso sent off a good shot on target. 95 minutes into the match, Hipolito Alfonso notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of River Plate's Leonides Katia. Leonides Katia was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Rancul played a much better game than River Plate and deserved their victory. The River Plate players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.