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AVELLANEDA
Spectators: 7235 (Terracing: 5428, Seating: 1664, VIP seats: 143) Paulino Goito started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Ismael Rafel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Felipe Abadia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paulino Goito, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Felipe Abadia stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Paulino Goito's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. A collision led to POKER getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Camilo Izotz hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Gerardo Crescencio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Felipe Abadia was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Gerardo Crescencio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Felipe Abadia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Paulino Goito received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Felipe Abadia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gerardo Crescencio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 34th play minutes Gerardo Crescencio shot 0-1, a short shot which went by Felipe Abadia and just under the crossbar into goal. After 42 played minutes POKER got a freekick which was hit by Ivan Hibai. 44 minutes into the game, Paulino Goito cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Felipe Abadia was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Gerardo Crescencio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

Emilio Gonzalez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Felipe Abadia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 63 minutes of play, POKER's Ismael Rafel made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Leonardo Roderigo was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a little luck, POKER's Felipe Abadia got control of the ball when Gerardo Crescencio tried to sneak it across the goal line. Paulino Goito received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Felipe Abadia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, POKER's Camilo Izotz got a free kick in the 70th minute. 71 minutes into the match, Gerardo Crescencio had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Felipe Abadia. POKER's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gerardo Crescencio was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. A collision led to POKER getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Camilo Izotz hit a great ball. In the 84th match minute, POKER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adolfo Veronica to maneuver through the defense. If Gerardo Crescencio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. POKER's Felipe Abadia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paulino Goito in the 88th minute of play. In the 90th minute Ismael Rafel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonardo Roderigo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Paulino Goito fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Felipe Abadia having to interfere. Emilio Gonzalez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Paulino Goito came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Miraflores fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Paulino Goito couldn't finish the play. The POKER fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Miraflores were clearly better and deserved to take the win.