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Diego Maradona
Spectators: 7440 (Terracing: 5664, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 40) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Wu Li Zhi made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute, Wu Li Zhi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Augusto Batalla was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Augusto Batalla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eric Târban in the 6th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Niki Lauda in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Augusto Batalla saved Diego Maradona from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Niki Lauda in the 10th minute of play forced Diego Maradona's goalkeeper Augusto Batalla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 12 minutes, Wu Li Zhi made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Diego Maradona's Augusto Batalla tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Diego Maradona's Augusto Batalla played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wu Li Zhi in the 18th minute of play. Augusto Batalla didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when RIVER's Niki Lauda shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 24th minute, Niki Lauda left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The RIVER fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. After a rather tough play, RIVER's Eric Târban got a free kick in the 29th minute. After 32 played minutes Diego Maradona got a freekick which was hit by Lorenzo Jacob. When RIVER's Niki Lauda, in the 35th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for RIVER. Wu Li Zhi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 39th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rosendo Osorio in the 41st minute of play forced Diego Maradona's goalkeeper Augusto Batalla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

The wind increased when Fernando Cavenaghi made the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Wu Li Zhi got free with Augusto Batalla in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 53 minutes, Rosendo Osorio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the RIVER and the Diego Maradona players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, RIVER's Rosendo Osorio got a free kick in the 53rd minute. With an all-out effort, RIVER's Augusto Batalla threw himself towards the right post 55 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Niki Lauda, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 56th minute, RIVER's Wu Li Zhi ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Augusto Batalla. Augusto Batalla yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-6. Augusto Batalla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Niki Lauda in the 64th minute of play. In the 67th minute Eric Târban shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Augusto Batalla saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Diego Maradona's Augusto Batalla proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save Diego Maradona from getting a goal against them. Augusto Batalla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eric Târban, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Augusto Batalla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eric Târban, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Augusto Batalla made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eric Târban in the 71st minute of play. A collision led to Diego Maradona getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Ezequiel Benet hit a great ball. RIVER made a substitution. Bruno Oxarra replaced Marco Rudolfo. Ezequiel Benet kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. Niki Lauda did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-7 to the left of a surprised Augusto Batalla 77 minutes into the match. In the 85th minute, RIVER's Eric Târban ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Augusto Batalla. Augusto Batalla yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-8. When the match was over RIVER could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Diego Maradona throughout the match.