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José Amalfitani
Spectators: 7075 (Terracing: 5415, Seating: 1660, VIP seats: 0) After a rather tough play, C.A.Los Andes's Blas Calisto got a free kick in the 5th minute. After 12 minutes, Oscar Cordeiro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fontana and the C.A.Los Andes players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 13th minute of the match Orlando Eztebe shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Orlando Francis showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Arsenio Brun received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Guillermo Naldo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of C.A.Los Andes booed when Fontana was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zeledon Claus didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hermengildo Tabb struck a weak shot in the 19th minute. Orlando Francis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for C.A.Los Andes. In the 20th minute, Sixto Perrando made a precise shot to the right of Orlando Francis. Fontana's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. 28 minutes into the game, Blas Calisto was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. C.A.Los Andes's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Fontana the free kick. Blas Calisto kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Fontana's Zeledon Claus got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Hermengildo Tabb sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 41stth minute of the game Hermengildo Tabb who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Fontana's Orlando Francis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The supporters of C.A.Los Andes booed when Fontana was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zeledon Claus didn't get a good kick on the ball. C.A.Los Andes's Orlando Eztebe couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Fontana. In the 46th minute Narciso Rik shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Orlando Francis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Orlando Francis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hermengildo Tabb in the 49th minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hermengildo Tabb stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Hermengildo Tabb 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. When Arsenio Brun came up free with the goalie in the 63rd minute, the Fontana fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Arsenio Brun couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hermengildo Tabb in the 71st minute of play forced Fontana's goalkeeper Orlando Francis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Guillermo Naldo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arsenio Brun in the 75th minute of the match. If Marcelo Haritzeder had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sixto Perrando sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hermengildo Tabb fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Orlando Francis having to interfere. After 89 minutes, Lucas Gaizko mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fontana and the C.A.Los Andes players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 89th minute of the game. One of Fontana:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of C.A.Los Andes:s goal. After having played for 93 minutes, Arsenio Brun managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Fontana's supporters crossed their fingers, but Arsenio Brun was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Guillermo Naldo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arsenio Brun, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. Marcelo Haritzeder received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Guillermo Naldo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Fontana fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. C.A.Los Andes were clearly better and deserved to take the win.