League

Estadio Esperanza
Spectators: 7167 (Terracing: 5520, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 147) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ovidio Quinito took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 6th minute, Serafin Cordarrell hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in baratto's zone, Erasmo Tab stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eugenio Oliviero came out of the goal and Erasmo Tab tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Constantino Ted had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Eugenio Oliviero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rosendo Arnau in the 13th minute of play. When Constantino Ted came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the Antucura Futbol Club 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 Constantino Ted couldn't finish the play. 21 minutes into the game, Constantino Ted was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Antucura Futbol Club's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave baratto the free kick. Rosendo Arnau's late challenge caught a baratto's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rosendo Arnau helped the player get up and apologised. Eugenio Oliviero came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by Antucura Futbol Club's Roberto Caradaro. But to his dismay, Roberto Caradaro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. When the match had gone on for 39 minutes, Rosendo Arnau put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Eugenio Oliviero. Rosendo Arnau sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Serafin Cordarrell came up free with the goalie in the 47th minute, the baratto 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 Serafin Cordarrell couldn't finish the play. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Rosendo Arnau made a kick off. Constantino Ted fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eugenio Oliviero having to interfere. Severo Mikelar kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. Urbano Fanuco's late challenge caught a baratto's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Urbano Fanuco helped the player get up and apologised. Urbano Fanuco hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. If Rosendo Arnau had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. baratto's Eugenio Oliviero played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rosendo Arnau in the 68th minute of play. The Antucura Futbol Club fans' excitement grew in the 70th match minute when Antucura Futbol Club's Erasmo Tab looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. If Rosendo Arnau had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rosendo Arnau in the 76th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Eugenio Oliviero prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Urbano Fanuco struck a weak shot in the 77th minute. Eugenio Oliviero didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Antucura Futbol Club. Rosendo Arnau sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 82nd minute, Urbano Fanuco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Constantino Ted recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 84th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Rosendo Arnau fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eugenio Oliviero having to interfere. Eugenio Oliviero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Urbano Fanuco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Rosendo Arnau's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eugenio Oliviero was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. In the 90th minute Rosendo Arnau shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eugenio Oliviero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 92 minutes into the match, Bartolo Rutenio notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Antucura Futbol Club's Grigoris Petrakos. Grigoris Petrakos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 96 minutes of play, Antucura Futbol Club's Rosendo Arnau made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eugenio Oliviero was left in no man's land by his defense there! There was no doubt that Antucura Futbol Club were the better team. Antucura Futbol Club's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.