League

Saladillo
Spectators: 5622 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1622, VIP seats: 0) Gabriel Locaio made the kick off and thus started the match. Orlando Quilino kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. Club Atletico Los Petes's Amado Mendiko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mauro Nahia in the 5th minute of play. In the 9th minute of the match DPORTIVO ARTIGAS got a corner. Club Atletico Los Petes's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Conrado Francis ran over to the corner to take the kick. Conrado Francis made a great header on DPORTIVO ARTIGAS's corner, it was just that Club Atletico Los Petes's Amado Mendiko managed to reach the ball for a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Natalio Llanos in the 11th minute of play forced Club Atletico Los Petes's goalkeeper Amado Mendiko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gabriel Locaio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Cesar Astigar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 20th minute of the match Conrado Francis sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Amado Mendiko skillfully saved the ball. Amado Mendiko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Natalio Llanos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 31st minute, Natalio Llanos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The DPORTIVO ARTIGAS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Gabriel Locaio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cesar Astigar having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fausto Laurendi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Conrado Francis charged in rather forcefully in the 53rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Conrado Francis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to DPORTIVO ARTIGAS getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Conrado Francis hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in DPORTIVO ARTIGAS's zone, Delmar Porfiro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cesar Astigar came out of the goal and Delmar Porfiro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 56th minute, Gabriel Locaio made a precise shot to the right of Cesar Astigar. DPORTIVO ARTIGAS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Club Atletico Los Petes were furious when Gaston Maxin was red carded, 61 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 60th minute of the game. One of Club Atletico Los Petes:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of DPORTIVO ARTIGAS:s goal. With a little luck, Club Atletico Los Petes's Amado Mendiko got control of the ball when Nemesio Osmundo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Amado Mendiko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fausto Laurendi, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. The audience was convinced that Fausto Laurendi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Amado Mendiko was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. Delmar Porfiro might have been able to make a better finish in the 81st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Cesar Astigar. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Delmar Porfiro ran back to his position shaking his head. If Gustav Larsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Amado Mendiko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fausto Laurendi in the 87th minute of play. Amado Mendiko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fausto Laurendi in the 93rd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 97th minute, Gustav Larsson managed to get in a good position for a shot. Club Atletico Los Petes's supporters rose to their feet, but Gustav Larsson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cesar Astigar breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched DPORTIVO ARTIGAS eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.