Concepción
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000,
Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Christian Papo made the kick off which started today's match. Eustaquio Batista had several of the Rosario Central's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 5 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Gualterio Pacifico as he didn't even see the shot coming. Concepción's Fulgencio Oihenarte played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christian Papo in the 11th minute of play. In the 15th minute Justo Ponce shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fulgencio Oihenarte saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pastor Michael received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Gualterio Pacifico tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ignacio Estebe was extremely unlucky when he, in the 20th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Gualterio Pacifico didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eustaquio Batista went, in the 21st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. When Eustaquio Batista came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the Concepción 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 Eustaquio Batista couldn't finish the play. In the 28th minute, Rosario Central's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Eustaquio Batista fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ignacio Estebe in the 32nd minute of play forced Rosario Central's goalkeeper Gualterio Pacifico to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 40th minute, Bonifacio Txindoki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eustaquio Batista received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Gualterio Pacifico tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Rosario Central's zone, Eustaquio Batista stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gualterio Pacifico came out of the goal and Eustaquio Batista tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Eustaquio Batista fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gualterio Pacifico having to interfere.
52 minutes into the match, Rosario Central's goal looked a bit too open when Ignacio Estebe came free, but Gualterio Pacifico reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 56th minute, Bonifacio Txindoki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 57 minutes into the game, Concepción's Eustaquio Batista nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gualterio Pacifico made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonides Rayman in the 63rd minute of play forced Rosario Central's goalkeeper Gualterio Pacifico to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gualterio Pacifico took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ignacio Estebe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eustaquio Batista sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 69 minutes, Pastor Michael put it in 4-0 from a short distance just to the right of Gualterio Pacifico. Eustaquio Batista received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Gualterio Pacifico tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Geronimo Salvino kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. Ignacio Estebe sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 79 minutes into the game, Pastor Michael was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Concepción's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Rosario Central the free kick. Gualterio Pacifico came out of the goal in the 83rd minute to try and stop a shot by Concepción's Eustaquio Batista. But to his dismay, Eustaquio Batista quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ignacio Estebe in the 87th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gualterio Pacifico saved Rosario Central from getting behind. 90 minutes into the match, Eustaquio Batista had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gualterio Pacifico. Rosario Central's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eustaquio Batista was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. After having played for 95 minutes, Eustaquio Batista managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Concepción's supporters crossed their fingers, but Eustaquio Batista was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. There was no doubt that Concepción were the better team. Concepción's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.
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