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Balboa
Spectators: 7215 (Terracing: 5412, Seating: 1660, VIP seats: 143) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Felipe Vergaray kicked off to start the match. Maximo Claus's late challenge caught a Narela FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Maximo Claus helped the player get up and apologised. Maximo Claus kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. In the 5th minute, Felipe Vergaray 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. Adrian Cresenciano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 15th minute, Felipe Vergaray left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Narela FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Balboa FC's Santiago Ponciano couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 20th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Narela FC. In the 22nd minute Ariel Obeko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Natalio Garoa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Adrian Cresenciano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Maximiliano Erramu's late challenge caught a Balboa FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Maximiliano Erramu helped the player get up and apologised. Natalio Garoa went to the wrong direction when Santiago Ponciano was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. Arsenio Egoitz took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 34th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Jaime Machado. Balboa FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. A collision led to Balboa FC getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Celso Eleder hit a great ball. Jaime Machado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Felipe Vergaray, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ariel Obeko stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Narela FC's Isidro Arnau got a good chance for a goal in the 51st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Maximo Claus hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Adrian Cresenciano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Natalio Garoa having to interfere. Jaime Machado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felipe Vergaray in the 73rd minute of the match. Adrian Cresenciano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Natalio Garoa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ariel Obeko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Adrian Cresenciano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 90 minutes into the match, Adrian Cresenciano notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Narela FC's Natalio Garoa. Natalio Garoa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 93rd match minute, Balboa FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rodolfo Petrigai to maneuver through the defense. After 95 played minutes, Narela FC's Nicolas Vigil shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jaime Machado came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Narela FC reached it. Natalio Garoa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ariel Obeko, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. The Narela FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Narela FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.