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Estadio Guaminí
Spectators: 7239 (Terracing: 5431, Seating: 1665, VIP seats: 143) Va el Tercero's Arnaldo Cesaro started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 3rd minute, Ulises Mero 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. In the 5th minute, Arnaldo Cesaro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Va el Tercero fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Ismael Roldanillo lost his temper 12 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 16th minute Ulises Mero shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amado Manny saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Va el Tercero's Leon Francis got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Bartolo Atarrabi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 21 played minutes River Plate got a freekick which was hit by Isaac Clodio. Bartolo Atarrabi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nicanor Nayely having to interfere. Bartolo Atarrabi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Nicanor Nayely tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bartolo Atarrabi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ricardo Jerrald blasted a shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nicanor Nayely having to make a save. In the 35th minute, Ricardo Jerrald ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nicanor Nayely was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. The supporters of Va el Tercero booed when River Plate was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gaspar Hanni didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ricardo Jerrald sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Nicanor Nayely showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bartolo Atarrabi, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Bartolo Atarrabi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nicanor Nayely having to interfere. A sloppy throw-in by Alvaro Peru in the 65th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Va el Tercero's Leon Francis. In the 72nd minute, Ricardo Jerrald ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nicanor Nayely was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Bartolo Atarrabi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, River Plate's Alvaro Peru got a free kick in the 77th minute. Isaac Clodio hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Nicanor Nayely didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ricardo Jerrald went, in the 81st minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. If Bartolo Atarrabi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leon Francis in the 87th minute of play forced River Plate's goalkeeper Nicanor Nayely to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. River Plate's Nicanor Nayely played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bartolo Atarrabi in the 89th minute of play. If Ricardo Jerrald had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 92nd minute, Ricardo Jerrald made a precise shot to the right of Nicanor Nayely. River Plate's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-1. After 95 minutes, Raul Chaime mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the River Plate and the Va el Tercero players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 95th match minute, River Plate was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Raul Chaime to maneuver through the defense. Va el Tercero walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.