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Portezuelo
Spectators: 7284 (Terracing: 5465, Seating: 1675, VIP seats: 144) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Victoriano Paublo kicked off to start the match. Cristian Prejun's late challenge caught a Rancul's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cristian Prejun helped the player get up and apologised. Cristian Prejun hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Hipolito Alfonso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patricio Ekain having to interfere. Carlos Aurken sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Victoriano Paublo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Gabriel Berriotxoa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 22 minutes into the match, Matuka's goal looked a bit too open when Hermengildo Laurgain came free, but Patricio Ekain reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Carlos Aurken had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Carlos Aurken who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 27thth minute tested the skills of Gabriel Berriotxoa when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Hermengildo Laurgain sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 30th minute, Hipolito Alfonso left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Rancul fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Hipolito Alfonso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patricio Ekain having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 41 minutes, Hermengildo Laurgain put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Patricio Ekain. Carlos Aurken 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Hermengildo Laurgain made a kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Hipolito Alfonso notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Matuka's Patricio Ekain. Patricio Ekain was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Hipolito Alfonso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patricio Ekain having to interfere. Hermengildo Laurgain sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Carlos Aurken received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Gabriel Berriotxoa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Victoriano Paublo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Carlos Aurken received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Gabriel Berriotxoa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Matuka's Patricio Ekain got control of the ball when Hermengildo Laurgain tried to sneak it across the goal line. Hermengildo Laurgain fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patricio Ekain having to interfere. In the 86th minute Hermengildo Laurgain shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patricio Ekain saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Dionisio Serafo fell near the penalty area in the 87th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Matuka's protests and gave Dionisio Serafo a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Matuka getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Dionisio Serafo hit a great ball. Hermengildo Laurgain blasted a shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Patricio Ekain having to make a save. In the 91st minute, Hipolito Alfonso 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. After 94 minutes of play, Rancul's Hipolito Alfonso made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Patricio Ekain was left in no man's land by his defense there! The Matuka supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Rancul's performance. The match ended with a win for Rancul.