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Gigante de Alberdi
Spectators: 7252 (Terracing: 5440, Seating: 1668, VIP seats: 144) If Benito Ganix had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Filiberto Valente received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Silvestre Gaur tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 9 minutes, Tadeo Eliazar managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Futbol Club Belgrano's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tadeo Eliazar was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Fernan Txerran charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fernan Txerran the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Ballycastle Bats's Fernan Txerran got a free kick in the 10th minute. Tadeo Eliazar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Filiberto Valente in the 17th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Silvestre Gaur saved Ballycastle Bats from getting behind. Ballycastle Bats's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Filiberto Valente 18 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-0. After having played for 22 minutes, Tadeo Eliazar managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Futbol Club Belgrano's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tadeo Eliazar was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tadeo Eliazar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tadeo Eliazar got free with Silvestre Gaur in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Silvestre Gaur was a little too slow when Filiberto Valente got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 36th minute. The score was now 2-0. Severiano Liher showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benito Ganix in the 40th minute of the match. If Benito Ganix had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Futbol Club Belgrano's Severiano Liher played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Benito Ganix in the 44th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Filiberto Valente to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filiberto Valente in the 57th minute of play forced Ballycastle Bats's goalkeeper Silvestre Gaur to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Futbol Club Belgrano's Romulo Pere got a free kick in the 58th minute. Fermin Marquez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Paulo Abaunza had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Silvestre Gaur took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tadeo Eliazar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tadeo Eliazar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Silvestre Gaur tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ballycastle Bats's Silvestre Gaur played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filiberto Valente in the 75th minute of play. Benito Ganix fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Severiano Liher having to interfere. 79 minutes into the match, Futbol Club Belgrano's goalkeeper Severiano Liher had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Benito Ganix. Paulo Abaunza was extremely unlucky when he, in the 81st minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. In the 91st minute, Ermegildo Luar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 95th minute Paulo Abaunza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Severiano Liher saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ballycastle Bats's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.