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Nestor Diaz Perez
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Baldomiro Cibran started the match with the kick off. Alejandro Endura fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gervásio Lage having to interfere. Esteban Bazkoare showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Baldomiro Cibran in the 5th minute of the match. Elpidio Xacintu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Gervásio Lage tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gervásio Lage showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alejandro Endura, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. When Villa Pineral - Caseros's Elpidio Xacintu in the 11th minute got a chance for a shot 11th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SportingLanus's goalie prevented a goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alejandro Endura in the 13th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gervásio Lage prevented the ball from getting in the gole. SportingLanus were furious when Venancio Ramos was red carded, 18 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In a very dangerous position, a player in SportingLanus fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 18th minute. Penalty! Gervásio Lage had in the 19thth minute some difficulties stopping Alejandro Endura's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alejandro Endura in the 20th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gervásio Lage saved SportingLanus from getting behind. Villa Pineral - Caseros's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dario Leone in the 22nd minute. When the match clock showed 27 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Elpidio Xacintu sped through SportingLanus's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Gervásio Lage. Gervásio Lage took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elpidio Xacintu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Baldomiro Cibran in the 32nd minute of play forced Villa Pineral - Caseros's goalkeeper Esteban Bazkoare to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Elpidio Xacintu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alejandro Endura in the 34th minute of play forced SportingLanus's goalkeeper Gervásio Lage to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gervásio Lage showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alejandro Endura, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. After 37 minutes, Nunez Cordarius mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SportingLanus and the Villa Pineral - Caseros players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 37 played minutes SportingLanus got a freekick which was hit by Nunez Cordarius. SportingLanus's Gervásio Lage played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elpidio Xacintu in the 38th minute of play. Esteban Bazkoare made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Baldomiro Cibran in the 45th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

After 51 minutes of play, Villa Pineral - Caseros's Alejandro Endura made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gervásio Lage was left in no man's land by his defense there! Zeledon Luzea's late challenge caught a Villa Pineral - Caseros's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zeledon Luzea helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, SportingLanus's Zeledon Luzea got a free kick in the 53rd minute. 55 minutes into the game, Marciano Abajas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. SportingLanus's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Villa Pineral - Caseros the free kick. The supporters of Villa Pineral - Caseros booed when SportingLanus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marciano Abajas didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Alejandro Endura came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the Villa Pineral - Caseros 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 Alejandro Endura couldn't finish the play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alejandro Endura got free with Gervásio Lage in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Alejandro Endura's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gervásio Lage was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. After some careless play in the SportingLanus defense, Alejandro Endura kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gervásio Lage. The SportingLanus fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gervásio Lage should have stopped the shot. 87 minutes into the match, Villa Pineral - Caseros's goal looked a bit too open when Zeledon Luzea came free, but Esteban Bazkoare reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gervásio Lage showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elpidio Xacintu in the 89th minute of the match. When Villa Pineral - Caseros's Alejandro Endura in the 93rd minute got a chance for a shot 93rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SportingLanus's goalie prevented a goal. Gervásio Lage showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teofilo Pes, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute.