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Antuco
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Prospero Innocenzio kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, Racing Club's Feliberto Ayala got a free kick in the 2nd minute. After having played for 5 minutes, Delmiro Firmo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Antuco's supporters crossed their fingers, but Delmiro Firmo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Delmiro Firmo came free with the goalkeeper in the 7th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Ramon Che could save by the left post. Racing Club's Ramon Che proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save Racing Club from getting a goal against them. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bernardino Ospetsu during the 13th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 13th minute, Bernardino Ospetsu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Prospero Innocenzio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ramon Che made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Delmiro Firmo sent off a good shot on target. Delmiro Firmo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Ramon Che tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 27th minute, Delmiro Firmo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Antuco fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. After having played for 29 minutes, Delmiro Firmo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Antuco's supporters crossed their fingers, but Delmiro Firmo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to Racing Club getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Bernardino Ospetsu hit a great ball. After 34 played minutes Racing Club got a freekick which was hit by Bernardino Ospetsu. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eugenio Eguzki in the 36th minute of play forced Racing Club's goalkeeper Ramon Che to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 39th minute Jonatan Austin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ramon Che saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Racing Club's Ramon Che played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eugenio Eguzki in the 44th minute of play. Prospero Innocenzio might have been able to make a better finish in the 47th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Donato Bernat. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Prospero Innocenzio ran back to his position shaking his head. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Eugenio Eguzki stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mateo Dominguez lost his temper 62 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 62nd minute, one of Antuco:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Antuco. 66 minutes into the match, Antuco's goal looked a bit too open when Prospero Innocenzio came free, but Donato Bernat reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Evelio Maldonado might have been able to make a better finish in the 68th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ramon Che. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Evelio Maldonado ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 70th minute, Delmiro Firmo 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. 73 minutes into the match, Racing Club's goal looked a bit too open when Delmiro Firmo came free, but Ramon Che reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 75 minutes Racing Club's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jose Xabel who took care of the corner kick. Donato Bernat showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Prospero Innocenzio, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Evelio Maldonado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ramon Che having to interfere. Delmiro Firmo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ramon Che read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 96th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 97th minute, Cristian Lauro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Racing Club's supporters rose to their feet, but Cristian Lauro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Donato Bernat breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.