League

4 de Agosto
Spectators: 7149 (Terracing: 5363, Seating: 1644, VIP seats: 142) Juan Barbosa started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Zoran Mitkov scored 0-1 in the 5th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mariano Illan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Juan Barbosa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cipriano Artaldo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juan Barbosa in the 11th minute of play. Mariano Illan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dorel Vişoiu in the 14th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zoran Mitkov in the 15th minute of play forced Mercedez's goalkeeper Mariano Illan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fidel Veto hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Mariano Illan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julio Tauro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aaron Blasco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Mariano Illan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zoran Mitkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Deportivo Fortunato's Ernesto Calisto suffered a concussion after 30 minutes and had to leave the field. Salvador Tano charged in rather forcefully in the 30th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Salvador Tano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Deportivo Fortunato booed when Mercedez was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Salvador Tano didn't get a good kick on the ball. Juan Barbosa hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. When Zoran Mitkov came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the Deportivo Fortunato 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 Zoran Mitkov couldn't finish the play. Mariano Illan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zoran Mitkov in the 37th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zoran Mitkov in the 39th minute of play forced Mercedez's goalkeeper Mariano Illan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zoran Mitkov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Mariano Illan read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 41st minute of play. Agustin Jon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Mariano Illan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

The wind increased when Zoran Mitkov made the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Julio Tauro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mariano Illan was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. A collision led to Deportivo Fortunato getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Zoran Mitkov hit a great ball. Cipriano Artaldo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Salvador Tano in the 65th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juan Barbosa in the 68th minute of play forced Deportivo Fortunato's goalkeeper Cipriano Artaldo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gaston Patrido charged in rather forcefully in the 70th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gaston Patrido the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Mercedez booed when Deportivo Fortunato was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gaston Patrido didn't get a good kick on the ball. 72 minutes into the match, Deportivo Fortunato's goal looked a bit too open when Salvador Tano came free, but Cipriano Artaldo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pedro Chaime's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Mariano Illan firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 86th minute Juan Barbosa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cipriano Artaldo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cipriano Artaldo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Salvador Tano in the 89th minute of play. 90 minutes into the match, Juan Barbosa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cipriano Artaldo. Deportivo Fortunato's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Juan Barbosa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. When the match was over Deportivo Fortunato could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Mercedez throughout the match.