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Marcelo Bielsa
Spectators: 7119 (Terracing: 5380, Seating: 1649, VIP seats: 90) LOS MUCHACHOS's Tadeo Maldonado started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Aldo Crispo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Octavio Hanot tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Americo Clis during the 12th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 12th minute, Americo Clis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tadeo Maldonado received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Eduardo Batista tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Americo Clis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Americo Clis came up free with the goalie in the 22nd minute, the NOB 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 Americo Clis couldn't finish the play. If Aldo Crispo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Domingos Macias sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 37 minutes, Gaspar Ekain mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the NOB and the LOS MUCHACHOS players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 37th minute, Gaspar Ekain hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. LOS MUCHACHOS's Aaron Camerino couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 38th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for NOB. Angelino Toro's late challenge caught a NOB's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Angelino Toro helped the player get up and apologised. Octavio Hanot didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 44th minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

If Aldo Crispo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Octavio Hanot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aldo Crispo in the 54th minute of the match. When LOS MUCHACHOS's Tadeo Maldonado in the 59th minute got a chance for a shot 59th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye NOB's goalie prevented a goal. NOB's Eduardo Batista played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tadeo Maldonado in the 69th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tadeo Maldonado in the 70th minute of play forced NOB's goalkeeper Eduardo Batista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 71st minute, Joaquin Gipuzkoa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 76th minute Aldo Crispo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Octavio Hanot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Aldo Crispo in the 81st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Octavio Hanot prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Aldo Crispo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Aldo Crispo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Octavio Hanot was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. Serafino Amor's late challenge caught a LOS MUCHACHOS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Serafino Amor helped the player get up and apologised. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tadeo Maldonado in the 95th minute of play forced NOB's goalkeeper Eduardo Batista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. NOB were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of LOS MUCHACHOS for a fine match.