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Arena Pumas
Spectators: 7248 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1748, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Narciso Xabat made the kick off which started today's match. Faustino Horado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonathan Tiadoro in the 3rd minute of play. A collision led to ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴀᴛʟᴇᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Rene Henric hit a great ball. Faustino Horado made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jose Abar in the 11th minute. Nicolas Galanes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jonathan Quin's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. After 25 minutes of play, ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴀᴛʟᴇᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ's Jonathan Quin made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nicolas Galanes was left in no man's land by his defense there! Primitivo Beturian recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 27th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Los Pumas Club getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Jonathan Tiadoro hit a great ball. In the 34th minute, Czeslaw Gleba hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Faustino Horado didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jose Abar went, in the 38th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Narciso Xabat in the 45th minute of play forced Los Pumas Club's goalkeeper Nicolas Galanes 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 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jose Abar to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Los Pumas Club's Jonathan Tiadoro got a free kick in the 51st minute. Jonathan Quin's late challenge caught a Los Pumas Club's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jonathan Quin helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴀᴛʟᴇᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Benjamin Pudes hit a great ball. After 53 played minutes Jonathan Tiadoro shot from long distance. At first the shot seemed to be simple for ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴀᴛʟᴇᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ's Faustino Horado to catch but Jonathan Tiadoro was lucky. It became 2-2 after the goalkeeper had been careless and dropped the ball into goal. 58 minutes into the match, Los Pumas Club's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Asier came free, but Nicolas Galanes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 60th minute, Camilo Iban ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Faustino Horado was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. The supporters of Los Pumas Club booed when ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴀᴛʟᴇᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Segundo Dino didn't get a good kick on the ball. Faustino Horado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jose Abar, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. The supporters of ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴀᴛʟᴇᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ booed when Los Pumas Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Czeslaw Gleba didn't get a good kick on the ball. 75 minutes into the match, Primitivo Beturian had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Faustino Horado. ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴀᴛʟᴇᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Primitivo Beturian was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-2. In the 79th minute Narciso Xabat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicolas Galanes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 85 minutes into the match, Jose Abar notched a goal, 5-2, to the right of ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴀᴛʟᴇᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ's Faustino Horado. Faustino Horado was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Faustino Horado came out of the goal in the 87th minute to try and stop a shot by Los Pumas Club's Jose Abar. But to his dismay, Jose Abar quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-2. In the 91st minute Jonathan Tiadoro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Faustino Horado saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Narciso Xabat in the 92nd minute of play forced Los Pumas Club's goalkeeper Nicolas Galanes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A hard shot 92 in the game by Narciso Xabat from a close distance when the talented Nicolas Galanes managed to make a qualified save. Los Pumas Club's players were relieved. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Los Pumas Club fans cheered their team off the field, for while ᴄʟᴜʙ ᴀᴛʟᴇᴛɪᴄᴏ ᴛᴜᴄᴜᴍᴀɴ had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.