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Marcelo Bielsa
Spectators: 7587 (Terracing: 5691, Seating: 1745, VIP seats: 151) When Silverio Tuste came up free with the goalie in the 3rd minute, the Newells Old Boys fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Silverio Tuste couldn't finish the play. In the 10th minute, Eleuterio Malvin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Silverio Tuste sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Diego Laurentzi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Silverio Tuste, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Racing Club's Diego Laurentzi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Racing Club from getting a goal against them. 19 minutes into the game, Silverio Tuste cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Diego Laurentzi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Cristian Blanco could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Diego Laurentzi made a huge save. The crowd rose to their feet as Silverio Tuste kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Diego Laurentzi. That made the score 2-0 in the 35 minute of play. A collision led to Racing Club getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Anier Eutor hit a great ball. If Silverio Tuste had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The supporters of Racing Club booed when Newells Old Boys was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. André-Pierre Gignac didn't get a good kick on the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

51 minutes in the game Camilo Javiero did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Per Braaten. 52 minutes into the match, Racing Club's goal looked a bit too open when Mehmet Çağrı Yoran came free, but Diego Laurentzi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Silverio Tuste's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Diego Laurentzi was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. Diego Laurentzi didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Newells Old Boys's Silverio Tuste shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Racing Club's Diego Laurentzi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Silverio Tuste in the 67th minute of play. After some careless play in the Racing Club defense, Silverio Tuste kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Diego Laurentzi. The Racing Club fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Diego Laurentzi should have stopped the shot. 70 minutes into the match, Cristian Blanco notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Racing Club's Diego Laurentzi. Diego Laurentzi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 74 minutes Racing Club's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Elias Medeiros who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Newells Old Boys's Elias Medeiros to fire away a dangerous shot which Diego Laurentzi despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Newells Old Boys's Eliseo Vela was substituted for Cesar Cordairo. In the 77th minute, Ildefonso Erlantz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With his leg Serafino Jurdan managed to avoid a goal in the 82ndth minute, when Racing Club's Ildefonso Erlantz fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The supporters of Newells Old Boys booed when Racing Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Teobaldo Santos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Silverio Tuste sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Silverio Tuste in the 85th minute of play forced Racing Club's goalkeeper Diego Laurentzi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Newells Old Boys's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.