League

Estadio Nagano
Spectators: 10884 (Terracing: 8164, Seating: 2503, VIP seats: 217) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Flavio Perez made the kick off which started today's match. In the 8th minute, Jari Alenius made a precise shot to the right of Tenorio Reiriz. Barcelona de América's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Emanuel Mammana made in the 11th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Dani Ganado. Tenorio Reiriz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jari Alenius in the 19th minute of the match. Vellito Alguerdo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lorenzo Viergol, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tenorio Reiriz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jari Alenius in the 22nd minute. Vellito Alguerdo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lorenzo Viergol in the 26th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lorenzo Viergol in the 28th minute of play forced NAGANO F.C's goalkeeper Vellito Alguerdo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 30th minute Flavio Perez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vellito Alguerdo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 32 minutes, Jari Alenius put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Tenorio Reiriz. Barcelona de América's Eraldo Pittelli was substituted for Lorenzo Viergol. Barcelona de América's Perlaza Lena was substituted for Zumar Gascon. 37 minutes into the game, Barcelona de América's Krišjānis Ābeļnieks nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Vellito Alguerdo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jari Alenius in the 41st minute of play forced Barcelona de América's goalkeeper Tenorio Reiriz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jari Alenius in the 45th minute of play forced Barcelona de América's goalkeeper Tenorio Reiriz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tenorio Reiriz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jari Alenius, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Jari Alenius made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jari Alenius in the 57th minute of play forced Barcelona de América's goalkeeper Tenorio Reiriz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pertti Koskenkorva fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tenorio Reiriz having to interfere. If Krišjānis Ābeļnieks had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Vellito Alguerdo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Krišjānis Ābeļnieks in the 63rd minute of play. Barcelona de América's Perlaza Lena got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jari Alenius in the 72nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tenorio Reiriz prevented the ball from getting in the gole. NAGANO F.C made a substitution. Ariel Ortega replaced Bar Olo. NAGANO F.C's Gabriel Batistuta was substituted for Jari Alenius. Krišjānis Ābeļnieks blasted a shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Vellito Alguerdo having to make a save. 84 minutes into the match, NAGANO F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Krišjānis Ābeļnieks came free, but Vellito Alguerdo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 87th minute, Karl-Åke Hong hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tenorio Reiriz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gabriel Batistuta, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. 94 minutes into the game, Gabriel Batistuta cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Tenorio Reiriz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. NAGANO F.C's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.