League

Estadio Metán
Spectators: 6645 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1645, VIP seats: 0) Racedo AFC's Justo Gilabert 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. A collision led to Polvorines FC getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Primitivo Osoro hit a great ball. Dario Estefan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Justo Gilabert in the 8th minute of play. Justo Gilabert scored 0-1 in the 11th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dario Estefan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Polvorines FC's Dario Estefan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vicente Mannuel in the 14th minute of play. Melquiades Calixto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elia Ansoldi in the 23rd minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Elia Ansoldi kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Melquiades Calixto. That made the score 1-1 in the 24 minute of play. With a little luck, Racedo AFC's Melquiades Calixto got control of the ball when Mehmet Emrah Kocaker tried to sneak it across the goal line. Mehmet Emrah Kocaker fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Melquiades Calixto having to interfere. In the 34th minute Elia Ansoldi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Melquiades Calixto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mehmet Emrah Kocaker got free with Melquiades Calixto in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Justo Gilabert had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 47 minutes into the match, Racedo AFC's goalkeeper Melquiades Calixto had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mehmet Emrah Kocaker. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Elia Ansoldi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Jaime Venceslao fell near the penalty area in the 55th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Racedo AFC's protests and gave Jaime Venceslao a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Racedo AFC getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Jaime Venceslao hit a great ball. After some careless play in the Racedo AFC defense, Mehmet Emrah Kocaker kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Melquiades Calixto. The Racedo AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Melquiades Calixto should have stopped the shot. Melquiades Calixto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elia Ansoldi in the 68th minute of play. In the 71st minute Mehmet Emrah Kocaker shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Melquiades Calixto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mehmet Emrah Kocaker received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Melquiades Calixto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Racedo AFC's Melquiades Calixto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elia Ansoldi in the 76th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Polvorines FC's Ruperto Marino got a free kick in the 79th minute. In the 81st minute Elia Ansoldi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Melquiades Calixto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 82nd minute, Elia Ansoldi 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. In the 87th minute, Mehmet Emrah Kocaker 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. In the 91st match minute, Racedo AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Romeo Inguma to maneuver through the defense. After 92 played minutes, Polvorines FC's Edelmiro Danel shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Melquiades Calixto came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Polvorines FC reached it. 94 minutes into the game, Elia Ansoldi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-2. Melquiades Calixto was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. There was no doubt that Polvorines FC were the better team. Polvorines FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.