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Estadio Nicolás A.
Spectators: 7288 (Terracing: 5468, Seating: 1676, VIP seats: 144) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Astor Furtado kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, Atletico Rafaela's goal looked a bit too open when Hermengildo Horado came free, but Americo Frederico reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Americo Frederico showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Feliciano Poncio, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. In the 11th minute, Ciro Tróia ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Americo Frederico was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. The crowd rose to their feet as Ciro Tróia kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Americo Frederico. That made the score 2-0 in the 15 minute of play. Eric Palm showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Astor Furtado, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Feliciano Poncios short, quick shot in the 21stth minute got Americo Frederico to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Feliciano Poncio did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 3-0 to the left of a surprised Americo Frederico 21 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Atletico Rafaela's Americo Frederico got control of the ball when Ciro Tróia tried to sneak it across the goal line. Feliciano Poncio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 27 minutes of play, Los Cardos FC's Ciro Tróia made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Americo Frederico was left in no man's land by his defense there! 30 minutes into the match, Atletico Rafaela's goalkeeper Americo Frederico had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ciro Tróia. 31 minutes into the game, Feliciano Poncio cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Americo Frederico was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Americo Frederico was a little too slow when Ciro Tróia got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 34th minute. The score was now 6-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hermengildo Horado in the 37th minute of play forced Atletico Rafaela's goalkeeper Americo Frederico to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Atletico Rafaela defense, Hermengildo Horado kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Americo Frederico. The Atletico Rafaela fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Americo Frederico should have stopped the shot. In the 41st minute the ball was on its way in behind Atletico Rafaela's goalkeeper Americo Frederico, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Los Cardos FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Feliciano Poncio in the 42nd minute. Matias Maule was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. With a little luck, Atletico Rafaela's Americo Frederico got control of the ball when Ciro Tróia tried to sneak it across the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Feliciano Poncio to make the kick off. Atletico Rafaela's Americo Frederico played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Feliciano Poncio in the 53rd minute of play. In the 58th minute, Ciro Tróia ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Americo Frederico was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-0. If Ciro Tróia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 63 minutes into the game, Feliciano Poncio cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 9-0. Americo Frederico was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After some careless play in the Atletico Rafaela defense, Feliciano Poncio kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Americo Frederico. The Atletico Rafaela fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Americo Frederico should have stopped the shot. After some careless play in the Atletico Rafaela defense, Hermengildo Horado kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Americo Frederico. The Atletico Rafaela fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Americo Frederico should have stopped the shot. Americo Frederico showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hermengildo Horado in the 74th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Atletico Rafaela defense, Ciro Tróia kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Americo Frederico. The Atletico Rafaela fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Americo Frederico should have stopped the shot. If Ciro Tróia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Feliciano Poncio took the ball and in the 92 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Americo Frederico. Americo Frederico dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 15-0. In the 96th minute, Ciro Tróia left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Los Cardos FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 16-0. Los Cardos FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.