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Gastres
Spectators: 7107 (Terracing: 5332, Seating: 1634, VIP seats: 141) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Florentino Ixaka made the kick off which started today's match. 6 minutes into the match, Almafuerte's Hernan Mikolas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Roberto Balesio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 9 minutes into the match, Leon Paulin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Roberto Balesio. Gastres AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Leon Paulin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Roberto Balesio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hernan Mikolas in the 13th minute of play. When Almafuerte's Hernan Mikolas in the 13th minute got a chance for a shot 13th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Gastres AFC's goalie prevented a goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Luis Navarro during the 14th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 14th minute, Luis Navarro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 19th minute, Hernan Mikolas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Almafuerte fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Hernan Mikolas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Roberto Balesio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Hernan Mikolas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 28th minute, Luis Navarro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 31 minutes had been played when some careless play by Gastres AFC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jairo Tolino was slow to take the kick. During this time Almafuerte's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Jairo Tolino got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Roberto Balesio quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Rafael Brion didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eleuterio Ekialde went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Roberto Balesio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hernan Mikolas, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Hernan Mikolas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Roberto Balesio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Roberto Balesio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leon Paulin in the 42nd minute of play. Roberto Balesio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hernan Mikolas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Hernan Mikolas to strike the kick off in the second half. 57 minutes into the match, Almafuerte's Saverio Millrick sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Roberto Balesio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 59 minutes into the match, Horacio Gar dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Roberto Balesio, 1-4. In the 63rd minute, Justo Misael made a precise shot to the right of Roberto Balesio. Gastres AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-5. 65 minutes into the match, Justo Misael had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Roberto Balesio. Gastres AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Justo Misael was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-6. In the 74th minute of the match, Hernan Mikolas got a very nice opportunity to score, but Roberto Balesio was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 75th minute Federico Etor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rafael Brion saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With an all-out effort, Almafuerte's Roberto Balesio threw himself towards the right post 79 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Justo Misael, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Hernan Mikolas who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 82ndth minute tested the skills of Roberto Balesio when he managed to save the team from getting behind. A hard shot 91 in the game by Hernan Mikolas from a close distance when the talented Roberto Balesio managed to make a qualified save. Gastres AFC's players were relieved. Horacio Gar could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Roberto Balesio made a huge save. The Gastres AFC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Almafuerte were clearly better and deserved to take the win.