League

Azucena
Spectators: 7109 (Terracing: 5334, Seating: 1634, VIP seats: 141) Rosario AFC's Jeronimo Vergaray started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a rather tough play, Rosario AFC's Cleto Karmel got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Rodrigo Sanson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mario Pio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Cristo Beat tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 11 minutes into the match, Rosario AFC's goalkeeper Ariel Eneto had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rodrigo Sanson. Nemesio Corderro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rodrigo Sanson might have been able to make a better finish in the 14th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ariel Eneto. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rodrigo Sanson ran back to his position shaking his head. Jeronimo Vergaray sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 18 minutes into the game, Everardo Xacintu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Cristo Beat was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Justino Berart had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cristo Beat showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mario Pio, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Leo Gaur hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. In the 38th minute of the match Bruno Incendio sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Cristo Beat skillfully saved the ball. Jeronimo Vergaray sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 45 minutes into the game, Nemesio Corderro was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Rosario AFC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Merlot FC the free kick. Joaquin Fanuco in the 47thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Ariel Eneto, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Ariel Eneto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Justino Berart in the 48th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Joaquin Fanuco to strike the kick off in the second half. Through an outstanding action, after 52 minutes, Cristo Beat successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Mario Pio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 57 minutes into the match, Mario Pio notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Merlot FC's Cristo Beat. Cristo Beat was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mario Pio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Cristo Beat made a huge save. Cristo Beat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Everardo Xacintu in the 65th minute of the match. Cristo Beat showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Everardo Xacintu, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Cristo Beat took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jeronimo Vergaray, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mario Pio got free with Cristo Beat in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 73rd play minute Mario Pio came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Cristo Beat. 0-3. Merlot FC's Cristo Beat played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bruno Incendio in the 78th minute of play. A collision led to Merlot FC getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Joaquin Fanuco hit a great ball. After 84 minutes, Teodosio Berdoi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Merlot FC and the Rosario AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Merlot FC's Cristo Beat proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save Merlot FC from getting a goal against them. Cristo Beat didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nemesio Corderro went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Everardo Xacintu charged in rather forcefully in the 95th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Everardo Xacintu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Everardo Xacintu kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match.