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Estadio Merlo
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Natalio Mannie got the match started through his kick off. In the 6th minute of the game Christian Crescencio made a throw-in which Natalio Mannie played forward. 7 minutes into the match, atletico de rafaela's goalkeeper Stratos Kranidiotis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Aldo Silban. After 11 minutes of play, Pato’s Club's Aldo Silban made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stratos Kranidiotis was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 16th minute, Leon Refugio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 17th minute Leon Refugio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stratos Kranidiotis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stratos Kranidiotis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Natalio Mannie in the 18th minute of the match. Stratos Kranidiotis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leon Refugio in the 20th minute of play. In the 24th minute Leon Refugio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stratos Kranidiotis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Leon Refugio got free with Stratos Kranidiotis in the 29th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aldo Silban got free with Stratos Kranidiotis in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 31st minute, Leon Refugio 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. Lisandro Egoi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Celestino Hernando, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. In the 34th minute, Primitivo Seguinus hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Natalio Mannie, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 39 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Stratos Kranidiotis was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Natalio Mannie in the 41st minute of play forced atletico de rafaela's goalkeeper Stratos Kranidiotis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stratos Kranidiotis was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Leon Refugio showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 42 minute of play. In the 45th minute the ball was on its way in behind atletico de rafaela's goalkeeper Stratos Kranidiotis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 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 Celestino Hernando stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Hipolito Alvarez kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. Lisandro Egoi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Celestino Hernando in the 53rd minute. Lisandro Egoi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Celestino Hernando in the 59th minute of play. Aldo Silban kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. Pato’s Club's Lisandro Egoi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save Pato’s Club from getting a goal against them. Primitivo Seguinus lost his temper 74 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 73rd minute of the game. One of atletico de rafaela:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Pato’s Club:s goal. The referee gave Pato’s Club a penalty, 76 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Christian Crescencio, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of atletico de rafaela's Stratos Kranidiotis. 3-0. Stratos Kranidiotis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Natalio Mannie in the 83rd minute of play. Leon Refugio kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. 92 minutes into the match, atletico de rafaela's goal looked a bit too open when Leon Refugio came free, but Stratos Kranidiotis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Stratos Kranidiotis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Natalio Mannie in the 97th minute of the match. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Pato’s Club fully deserved thier win.