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Thomas A. Ducó
Spectators: 7140 (Terracing: 5356, Seating: 1642, VIP seats: 142) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Isidoro Menendo started the match with the kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Isidoro Menendo in the 4th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Amador Adrio prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Saturnino Nesto recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 11th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ramon Elodio hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Epifanio Umea recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 15th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Club Almagro getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Tomás Ederono hit a great ball. Amador Adrio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isidoro Menendo in the 17th minute of the match. If Mauro Palos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Epifanio Banegas didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Club Almagro's Saturnino Nesto shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. After having played for 25 minutes, Saturnino Nesto managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Club Almagro's supporters crossed their fingers, but Saturnino Nesto was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Epifanio Banegas came out of the goal in the 34th minute to try and stop a shot by Club Almagro's Saturnino Nesto. But to his dismay, Saturnino Nesto quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Epifanio Umea charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Epifanio Umea the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Saturnino Nesto stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 56 minutes of play, Club Almagro's Saturnino Nesto made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Epifanio Banegas was left in no man's land by his defense there! Epifanio Banegas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Saturnino Nesto in the 65th minute of the match. 67 minutes had been played when some careless play by Rocha's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jimeno Urtzi was slow to take the kick. During this time Club Almagro's players had a chance to rest. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mauro Palos got free with Amador Adrio in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Club Almagro getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Ramon Elodio hit a great ball. 73 minutes into the match, Club Almagro's goal looked a bit too open when Isidoro Menendo came free, but Amador Adrio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 73rd minute, Isidoro Menendo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Amador Adrio was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Saturnino Nesto got in the 77th a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Epifanio Banegas handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. Epifanio Umea kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. After 82 played minutes Club Almagro got a freekick which was hit by Ramon Elodio. When Isidoro Menendo came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the Rocha 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 Isidoro Menendo couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Club Almagro getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Tomás Ederono hit a great ball. 87 minutes into the match, Club Almagro's goal looked a bit too open when Isidoro Menendo came free, but Amador Adrio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Club Almagro's Amador Adrio got control of the ball when Mauro Palos tried to sneak it across the goal line. Mauro Palos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Epifanio Umea was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 95 minutes had been played. In the 95th minute, Epifanio Umea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Club Almagro'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.