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Diego A Maradona
Spectators: 8492 (Terracing: 6370, Seating: 1953, VIP seats: 169) Racing Club's Luciano Pirro 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. 5 minutes into the match, Racing Club's Luciano Pirro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Roberto Eztebe narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Lino Rios's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cornelio Cordearo was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. 12 minutes into the match, Racing Club's goalkeeper Cornelio Cordearo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lino Rios. Samuel Nevada hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Racing Club's Cornelio Cordearo got control of the ball when Lino Rios tried to sneak it across the goal line. 17 minutes into the game, Racing Club's Luciano Pirro nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Roberto Eztebe made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 20th minute Jan Hop shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cornelio Cordearo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Racing Club's Cornelio Cordearo got control of the ball when Lino Rios tried to sneak it across the goal line. Roberto Eztebe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luciano Pirro, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. AFC FUSION's Jan Hop managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Samuel Nevada in the 37 minute of the game. Luciano Pirro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. AFC FUSION's Roberto Eztebe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luciano Pirro in the 42nd minute of play. Luciano Pirro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roberto Eztebe having to interfere. After the first half Racing Club were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Lino Rios was the one to do the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Racing Club's goal looked a bit too open when Lino Rios came free, but Cornelio Cordearo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Wojciech Fiszer in the 53rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Racing Club's Samuel Nevada. Lino Rios scored 1-1 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cornelio Cordearo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After having played for 59 minutes, Luciano Pirro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Racing Club's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luciano Pirro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 63 minutes, Jan Hop mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AFC FUSION and the Racing Club players grew even worse after the yellow card. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ramiro Lano got free with Roberto Eztebe in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Benigno Piorno got a throw-in 68 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Ramiro Lano. 69 minutes into the match, AFC FUSION's goal looked a bit too open when Epifanio Txomin came free, but Roberto Eztebe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cornelio Cordearo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lino Rios, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. In the 76th minute, Epifanio Txomin fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Roberto Eztebe, passed just outside the right post. With an all-out effort, Racing Club's Roberto Eztebe threw himself towards the right post 76 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Epifanio Txomin, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Epifanio Txomin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Roberto Eztebe tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 82nd minute Lino Rios shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cornelio Cordearo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. AFC FUSION's Kai Havertz was substituted for Jan Hop. AFC FUSION's Roberto Eztebe proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save AFC FUSION from getting a goal against them. After taking down the ball on Racing Club's corner Samuel Nevada fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Roberto Eztebe quite easily take care of the ball.