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Spectators: 6659 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1659, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Leopoldo Errapel kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, Gowlan FC's goal looked a bit too open when Emilio Matai came free, but Bernardino Oliverio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emilio Matai in the 6th minute of play forced Gowlan FC's goalkeeper Bernardino Oliverio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Horacio Iratze took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leopoldo Errapel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Horacio Iratze made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leopoldo Errapel in the 12th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 15th minute, Valentin Dalmau managed to get in a good position for a shot. All Blacks's supporters rose to their feet, but Valentin Dalmau was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bernardino Oliverio breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Horacio Iratze didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hipolito Sidro went, in the 17th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. All Blacks's Horacio Iratze played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leopoldo Errapel in the 20th minute of play. Horacio Iratze stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hipolito Sidro's shot from short distance in the 22nd minute. Valentin Dalmaus short, quick shot in the 26thth minute got Bernardino Oliverio to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After 31 minutes of play, Gowlan FC's Leopoldo Errapel made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Horacio Iratze was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Fermin Raymon in the 41st minute of play forced All Blacks's goalkeeper Horacio Iratze to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fermin Raymon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Horacio Iratze tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After the first half Gowlan FC were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Emilio Matai stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Bernardino Oliverio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emilio Matai in the 53rd minute of the match. Valentin Dalmau hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. Horacio Iratze made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Leopoldo Errapel sent off a good shot on target. In the 62nd minute, Hipolito Sidro fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Horacio Iratze, passed just outside the right post. In the 63rd minute, Ildefonso Kaxen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Hipolito Sidro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. All Blacks's Emilio Matai got a good chance for a goal in the 70th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the match had gone on for 70 minutes, Valentin Dalmau put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Bernardino Oliverio. Ildefonso Kaxen kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. 74 minutes into the match, All Blacks's goal looked a bit too open when Leopoldo Errapel came free, but Horacio Iratze reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in All Blacks's zone, Hipolito Sidro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Horacio Iratze came out of the goal and Hipolito Sidro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 79th minute, Hipolito Sidro 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. Valentin Dalmau recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 80th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 84th minute Valentin Dalmau shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bernardino Oliverio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Emilio Matai had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Leopoldo Errapel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Gowlan FC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.