League

Polideportivo
Spectators: 7707 (Terracing: 5782, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) Vilma Palma's Higinio Gaitan 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. With an all-out effort, Dep Colonia Avellaneda's Ronaldão Penha threw himself towards the right post 5 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Darryl Buckner, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Victoriano Bernaldo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Higinio Gaitan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 7 minutes into the match, Vilma Palma's goal looked a bit too open when Darryl Buckner came free, but Ronaldão Penha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 12th minute, Dante Teofilio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Darryl Buckner had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 21st minute of the match Vilma Palma got a corner. Dep Colonia Avellaneda's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Paolo Gartzi ran over to the corner to take the kick. Vilma Palma's Paolo Gartzi was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Victoriano Bernaldo in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 24th minute, Vilma Palma's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Vasile Tufescu fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. 25 minutes into the match, Vilma Palma's goal looked a bit too open when Darryl Buckner came free, but Ronaldão Penha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dep Colonia Avellaneda's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Claudio Cerritos in the 26th minute. It was a well-played corner which Santo Libertad managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Ronaldão Penha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Darryl Buckner in the 32nd minute of play. Ronaldão Penha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Darryl Buckner in the 38th minute of play. In the 40th minute Higinio Gaitan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Victoriano Bernaldo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 44 minutes of play, Dep Colonia Avellaneda's Darryl Buckner made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ronaldão Penha was left in no man's land by his defense there! All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

In the 60th minute, Darryl Buckner ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ronaldão Penha was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Darryl Buckner in the 64th minute of play forced Vilma Palma's goalkeeper Ronaldão Penha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pastor Ortle got free with Victoriano Bernaldo in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Vilma Palma's Benedykt Pawelczyk was substituted for Higinio Gaitan. After 70 minutes Dep Colonia Avellaneda's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Paolo Gartzi who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Vilma Palma's Paolo Gartzi to fire away a dangerous shot which Victoriano Bernaldo despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. With his leg Victoriano Bernaldo managed to avoid a goal in the 78thth minute, when Vilma Palma's Benedykt Pawelczyk fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Paolo Gartzi made a great header on Vilma Palma's corner, it was just that Dep Colonia Avellaneda's Victoriano Bernaldo managed to reach the ball for a save. Leopoldo Rosa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ronaldão Penha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vasile Tufescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Victoriano Bernaldo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Benedykt Pawelczyk's shot from short distance in the 84th minute.