League

Estadio Piñalitos
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Aureliano Eutropio's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Florentino Lano read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 3rd minute of play. With his leg Florentino Lano managed to avoid a goal in the 5thth minute, when RIvErPlATE's Remigio Gauargi fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Florentino Lano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aureliano Eutropio in the 12th minute of the match. Remigio Gauargi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Aureliano Eutropio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Remigio Gauargi got free with Florentino Lano in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Apolo Lorencio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Teofilo Dantel in the 25th minute of play. A collision led to Loreto getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Dionisio Ovando hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Loreto's Nemesio Erdiano got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Teofilo Dantel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Apolo Lorencio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 44 minutes, Joel Sugoi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Loreto's supporters crossed their fingers, but Joel Sugoi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Joel Sugoi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Aureliano Eutropio to make the kick off. Aureliano Eutropio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Florentino Lano having to interfere. 57 minutes into the match, Loreto's goal looked a bit too open when Remigio Gauargi came free, but Florentino Lano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dionisio Ovando's late challenge caught a RIvErPlATE's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dionisio Ovando helped the player get up and apologised. Dionisio Ovando hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Joel Sugoi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Apolo Lorencio read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 70th minute of play. In the 73rd minute, Joel Sugoi 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aureliano Eutropio in the 77th minute of play forced Loreto's goalkeeper Florentino Lano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 78th minute of the game. One of Loreto:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of RIvErPlATE:s goal. Loreto:s Florentino Lano showed great skill when he stopped Camilo Teodor:s penalty. After some careless play in the Loreto defense, Camilo Teodor kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Florentino Lano. The Loreto fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Florentino Lano should have stopped the shot. In the 84th minute Joel Sugoi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Apolo Lorencio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 89 minutes into the match, Loreto's goal looked a bit too open when Aureliano Eutropio came free, but Florentino Lano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Aureliano Eutropio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Florentino Lano was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. When RIvErPlATE's Aureliano Eutropio in the 93rd minute got a chance for a shot 93rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Loreto's goalie prevented a goal. Aureliano Eutropio 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. With 99 minutes on the clock, Thomas Delaney commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Loreto fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 99th minute. Penalty! The RIvErPlATE players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.