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Marcelo Gallardo
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Emilio Christobal kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, Clemente Rosario had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Isidoro Artaldo. La Gallardeta's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Clemente Rosario was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Rafael Mark sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 13th minute of the game. One of Ituzaingó AFC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of La Gallardeta:s goal. In the 14th minute there was a penalty for La Gallardeta. German Urbasa stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Hugo Gilen. 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emilio Christobal in the 20th minute of play forced Ituzaingó AFC's goalkeeper Hugo Gilen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute, Ituzaingó AFC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Emilio Christobal fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Isidoro Artaldo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ciriaco Cortez went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Hugo Gilen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emilio Christobal in the 31st minute of play. Gilberto Belarmo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Isidoro Artaldo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gilberto Belarmo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Isidoro Artaldo having to interfere. Emilio Christobal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hugo Gilen having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gilberto Belarmo to make the kick off. Hugo Gilen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Mateo in the 55th minute of play. Rafael Mark hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. After having played for 65 minutes, Ciriaco Cortez managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ituzaingó AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ciriaco Cortez 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 65th match minute, La Gallardeta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Conrado Sanduru to maneuver through the defense. Gilberto Belarmo kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. In the 68thth minute of the game Joel Mateo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ituzaingó AFC's Hugo Gilen was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Mateo in the 69th minute of play forced Ituzaingó AFC's goalkeeper Hugo Gilen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 74th minute Emilio Christobal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hugo Gilen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of La Gallardeta booed when Ituzaingó AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rafael Mark didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Emilio Christobal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hugo Gilen was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. Orlando Tome's late challenge caught a La Gallardeta's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Orlando Tome helped the player get up and apologised. In the 80th minute, one of Ituzaingó AFC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Ituzaingó AFC. The referee gave La Gallardeta a penalty, 82 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by German Urbasa, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Ituzaingó AFC's Hugo Gilen. 3-2. Joel Mateo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hugo Gilen having to interfere. When Mateo Salvino fell near the penalty area in the 87th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ituzaingó AFC's protests and gave Mateo Salvino a yellow card for diving instead. Mateo Salvino kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. 91 minutes into the match, Joel Mateo notched a goal, 4-2, to the right of Ituzaingó AFC's Hugo Gilen. Hugo Gilen was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 97thth minute of the game Emilio Christobal who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ituzaingó AFC's Hugo Gilen was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball.