League

AUBE
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Pascual Hever took the kick off in the first half of the match. 5 minutes into the match, ELAUBE's goal looked a bit too open when André-Pierre Gignac came free, but Mario Ferrando reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 7 minutes, Pascual Hever took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Serafino Jurdan to make any attempt to save it. If Cristian Blanco had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. ELAUBE's Mario Ferrando played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Silverio Tuste in the 19th minute of play. ELAUBE's Mario Ferrando played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by André-Pierre Gignac in the 21st minute of play. Mario Ferrando showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Blanco, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Cristian Blanco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mario Ferrando having to interfere. Freddy Izel hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. In the 30th minute of the game Freddy Izel made a throw-in which Raul Urtsin played forward. Serafino Jurdan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pascual Hever in the 31st minute of play. 32 minutes into the match, Newells Old Boys's Silverio Tuste sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mario Ferrando narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Cristian Blanco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 35 minutes into the game, Serafin Piorno was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ELAUBE's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Newells Old Boys the free kick. In the 37th minute of the game Freddy Izel made a throw-in which Pascual Hever played forward. Newells Old Boys's Serafino Jurdan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pascual Hever in the 38th minute of play. Serafino Jurdan made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Pascual Hever sent off a good shot on target. Newells Old Boys were awarded a corner in the 45th minute after ELAUBE's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Elias Medeiros took the corner. The corner led Newells Old Boys's Elias Medeiros to fire away a dangerous shot which Mario Ferrando despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After some careless play in the ELAUBE defense, André-Pierre Gignac kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mario Ferrando. The ELAUBE fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mario Ferrando should have stopped the shot. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

After 53 minutes, Silverio Tuste made it 1-2 with a short kick to the right side. ELAUBE's Mario Ferrando tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Mario Ferrando made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Silverio Tuste sent off a good shot on target. In the 58th minute, Cristian Blanco left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Newells Old Boys fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. Mario Ferrando made an important save on a dangerous shot by Silverio Tuste in the 62nd minute. The audience was convinced that Silverio Tuste's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mario Ferrando was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. Serafino Jurdan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pascual Hever, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Newells Old Boys's Silverio Tuste got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mario Ferrando took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Silverio Tuste, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Serafino Jurdan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pascual Hever in the 69th minute of play. André-Pierre Gignac sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Silverio Tuste succeeded in the game's 73rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-4. When the match clock showed 76 minutes, the score became 1-5 when Silverio Tuste sped through ELAUBE's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Mario Ferrando. Silverio Tuste's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Mario Ferrando read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 79th minute of play. In the 81st minute, Newells Old Boys's Elias Medeiros ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Mario Ferrando. Mario Ferrando yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-6. Silverio Tuste struck a weak shot in the 84th minute. Mario Ferrando didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Newells Old Boys. When %teams%'s Silverio Tuste was free in front of goal, he didn't hesitate to shoot 1-7 just inside the left pole, 87 minutes into the game. Mario Ferrando was annoyed at himself for letting in the shot. André-Pierre Gignac kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. ELAUBE's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Silverio Tuste 93 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-8. ELAUBE's defense didn't have a chance, in the 96th minute, when Cristian Blanco scored to the left of an out of position Mario Ferrando, making the score, 1-9. Newells Old Boys's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.