League

Gigante de Arroyito
Spectators: 7538 (Terracing: 5655, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Isaac Gipuzkoa started the match with the kick off. Hipolito Emmanuel's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Edgardo Balasi read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 3rd minute of play. After having played for 10 minutes, Siro Benat managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Patquía FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Siro Benat was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 12 minutes into the match, Patquía FC's goal looked a bit too open when Jorge Heriberto came free, but Isidro Bazkoare reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 21 minutes, Isaac Gipuzkoa put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Edgardo Balasi. In the 27th minute, Patquía FC's Siro Benat ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Edgardo Balasi. Edgardo Balasi yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-0. 30 minutes into the match, CATELCO's goal looked a bit too open when Ruben Hernandez came free, but Edgardo Balasi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 31st minute, Isaac Gipuzkoa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Edgardo Balasi was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. 34 minutes into the match, CATELCO's goal looked a bit too open when Siro Benat came free, but Edgardo Balasi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Isaac Gipuzkoa got free with Edgardo Balasi in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 36th minute Ruben Hernandez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edgardo Balasi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 40th minute, Ruben Hernandez left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Patquía FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0. Isaac Gipuzkoa took the ball and in the 47 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Edgardo Balasi. Edgardo Balasi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-0. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 7-0 at half-time.

CATELCO's Edgardo Balasi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Isaac Gipuzkoa in the 54th minute of play. 55 minutes into the match, CATELCO's goal looked a bit too open when Ruben Hernandez came free, but Edgardo Balasi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 57 minutes into the match, CATELCO's goal looked a bit too open when Isaac Gipuzkoa came free, but Edgardo Balasi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Siro Benat in the 61st minute of play forced CATELCO's goalkeeper Edgardo Balasi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Patquía FC's Isidro Bazkoare got control of the ball when Jorge Heriberto tried to sneak it across the goal line. Isaac Gipuzkoa took the ball and in the 66 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Edgardo Balasi. Edgardo Balasi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 8-0. After a rather tough play, CATELCO's Jorge Heriberto got a free kick in the 70th minute. In the 71stth minute of the game Ruben Hernandez who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but CATELCO's Edgardo Balasi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The supporters of Patquía FC booed when CATELCO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Celestino Bingen didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 74th minute, Hipolito Emmanuel got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Geronimo Xabat fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edgardo Balasi having to interfere. After some careless play in the CATELCO defense, Hipolito Emmanuel kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Edgardo Balasi. The CATELCO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Edgardo Balasi should have stopped the shot. 83 minutes into the match, Geronimo Xabat notched a goal, 10-0, to the right of CATELCO's Edgardo Balasi. Edgardo Balasi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 86th minute Geronimo Xabat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edgardo Balasi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Patquía FC's Isidro Bazkoare got control of the ball when Jorge Heriberto tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Serafin Aritza in the 88th minute of play forced Patquía FC's goalkeeper Isidro Bazkoare to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edgardo Balasi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Isaac Gipuzkoa went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 11-0 was the resulting score. Isaac Gipuzkoa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Edgardo Balasi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Geronimo Xabat in the 94th minute of the match.