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Estadio Rivadavia
Spectators: 6382 (Terracing: 5382, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cesar Maiorga made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, Gondwana's Justino Abar got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Vicente Austin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from James Harden in the 8th minute of the match. Ernesto Nastasio's late challenge caught a Rivadavia AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ernesto Nastasio helped the player get up and apologised. When the match had been going on for 13 minutes, Rivadavia AFC's Julio Cai got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Nestor Hustaz. If Cornelio Ayala had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rivadavia AFC's Vicente Austin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cornelio Ayala in the 18th minute of play. Vicente Austin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from James Harden went, in the 22nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. If Pipat Benedetto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Rivadavia AFC booed when Gondwana was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ernesto Nastasio didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cornelio Ayala in the 31st minute of play forced Rivadavia AFC's goalkeeper Vicente Austin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. James Harden sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 33rd match minute, Rivadavia AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joaquin Guillem to maneuver through the defense. In the 36th minute the ball was on its way in behind Rivadavia AFC's goalkeeper Vicente Austin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When the match clock showed 43 minutes, the score became 1-2 when Cornelio Ayala sped through Rivadavia AFC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Vicente Austin. In the 47th minute, Cornelio Ayala 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. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Pipat Benedetto to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd play minute James Harden came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Vicente Austin. 1-3. Alfredo Obeko charged in rather forcefully in the 60th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alfredo Obeko the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 63 minutes, Pipat Benedetto mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gondwana and the Rivadavia AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Gondwana's Pipat Benedetto got a free kick in the 63rd minute. After 67 minutes of play, Rivadavia AFC's Cesar Maiorga made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nestor Hustaz was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 71st minute Cornelio Ayala shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vicente Austin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 75 minutes, Cornelio Ayala managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Gondwana's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cornelio Ayala was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Rivadavia AFC's Vicente Austin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save Rivadavia AFC from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Rivadavia AFC getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Miguel Gonzalez hit a great ball. When Justino Abar came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the Gondwana 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 Justino Abar couldn't finish the play. After 84 minutes, Desiderio Aztore mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Rivadavia AFC and the Gondwana players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 84th match minute, Rivadavia AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Desiderio Aztore to maneuver through the defense. Gondwana played a much better game than Rivadavia AFC and deserved their victory. The Rivadavia AFC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.