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Spectators: 7170 (Terracing: 5379, Seating: 1649, VIP seats: 142) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Astor Burutzagi started the match with the kick off. ★CLUB GENERAL SAN MARTÍN★'s Astor Burutzagi got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to riverjony getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Severiano Herauso hit a great ball. Astor Burutzagi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ernesto Valente having to interfere. Arnoldo Obano charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Arnoldo Obano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 10th minute, Arnoldo Obano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Arnoldo Obano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bartolo Gamus having to interfere. Bartolo Gamus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnoldo Obano in the 36th minute of the match. Luciano Cisco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Bartolo Gamus tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in ★CLUB GENERAL SAN MARTÍN★'s zone, Arnoldo Obano stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bartolo Gamus came out of the goal and Arnoldo Obano tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Bartolo Gamus made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luciano Cisco in the 47th minute of play. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

52 minutes into the match, riverjony's goal looked a bit too open when Martin Jerardo came free, but Ernesto Valente reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of ★CLUB GENERAL SAN MARTÍN★ booed when riverjony was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Manuel Bernat didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 58th minute the ball was on its way in behind riverjony's goalkeeper Ernesto Valente, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Arnoldo Obano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Bartolo Gamus tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, riverjony's Gerardo Sotil got a free kick in the 64th minute. Astor Burutzagi scored 1-0 in the 66th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ernesto Valente, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 71st minute Astor Burutzagi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ernesto Valente saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 71 minutes, Tobias Gaitan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the riverjony and the ★CLUB GENERAL SAN MARTÍN★ players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to riverjony getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Tobias Gaitan hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Severiano Herauso during the 73rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to riverjony getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Severiano Herauso hit a great ball. Astor Burutzagi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ernesto Valente having to interfere. Luciano Cisco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Bartolo Gamus tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Astor Burutzagi managed to get in a good position for a shot. ★CLUB GENERAL SAN MARTÍN★'s supporters rose to their feet, but Astor Burutzagi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ernesto Valente breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 87 minutes into the match, Martin Jerardo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ernesto Valente. riverjony's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Martin Jerardo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. For all the effort they put into the match, the riverjony players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for ★CLUB GENERAL SAN MARTÍN★.