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Estadio Ituzaingó
Spectators: 6869 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Juan Guerrero started the match with the kick off. Edison Smoothy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tiburcio Maju in the 4th minute of the match. Tiburcio Maju hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. A collision led to Orlando Pirates getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Ernesto Servando hit a great ball. In the 22nd match minute, Orlando Pirates was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carlos Alberto Hulk to maneuver through the defense. Tiburcio Maju in the 24thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Edison Smoothy, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Edison Smoothy was out of position in the 32 minute of play, and Tiburcio Maju capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Tiburcio Maju really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. A collision led to PeñaroL getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Lino Endura hit a great ball. Edison Smoothy made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Tiburcio Maju sent off a good shot on target. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tiburcio Maju stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to PeñaroL getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Tiburcio Maju hit a great ball. In the 58th minute Tiburcio Maju shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edison Smoothy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tiburcio Maju in the 60th minute of play forced Orlando Pirates's goalkeeper Edison Smoothy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mattia Scarpone hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. 69 minutes into the game, Domingos Cai cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Edison Smoothy was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Erasmo Tonio during the 73rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to PeñaroL getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Erasmo Tonio hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Orlando Pirates's Feliberto Locaio got a free kick in the 78th minute. After 79 played minutes Orlando Pirates got a freekick which was hit by Ernesto Servando. After some fancy dribbling in the 86th minute, Domingos Cai managed to get in a good position for a shot. PeñaroL's supporters rose to their feet, but Domingos Cai was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Edison Smoothy breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Orlando Pirates's Edison Smoothy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tiburcio Maju in the 88th minute of play. In the 93rd minute, Juan Guerrero 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.