Challenge

Astros Argentinos
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Axel Tasis took the kick off in the first half of the match. 4 minutes into the match, Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Severo Laurgain came free, but Benito Sanz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arnaldo Bastia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Benito Sanz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Severo Laurgain in the 13th minute of the match. In the 17th minute, Severo Laurgain ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Benito Sanz was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Severo Laurgain, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Social y Dep. Patagonia's Severo Laurgain in the 30th minute got a chance for a shot 30th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Costa Rica's goalie prevented a goal. After a rather tough play, Social y Dep. Patagonia's Anastasio Jaen got a free kick in the 43rd minute. When Lázaro Gau fell near the penalty area in the 45th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Social y Dep. Patagonia's protests and gave Lázaro Gau a yellow card for diving instead. In the 46th minute, Lázaro Gau hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Severo Laurgain stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Severo Laurgain's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benito Sanz was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. In the 53rd minute, Severo Laurgain ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Benito Sanz was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. Lautaro Puig could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but Tobias Faro made a huge save. A collision led to Costa Rica getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Eliseo Noboa hit a great ball. Anastasio Jaen kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. After 64 minutes of play, Social y Dep. Patagonia's Severo Laurgain made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Benito Sanz was left in no man's land by his defense there! Social y Dep. Patagonia's Natalio Mergildo was substituted for Severo Laurgain. Eliseo Noboa kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. In the 75thth minute of the game Natalio Mergildo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Costa Rica's Benito Sanz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Social y Dep. Patagonia's Robustiano Elorri quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Efrain Moruga, made in the 76th minute of the game. Efrain Moruga made in the 87th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Social y Dep. Patagonia's Kazimierz Oliszewski. Natalio Mergildo scored 9-0 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Benito Sanz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Natalio Mergildo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Benito Sanz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 93rd minute of play. 96 minutes into the game, Social y Dep. Patagonia's Natalio Mergildo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Benito Sanz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 10-0. When the referee ended the match the Social y Dep. Patagonia players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.