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Estadio Araujo
Spectators: 7123 (Terracing: 5412, Seating: 1660, VIP seats: 51) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Silvio Cordaryal started the match with the kick off. Marciano Ticho might have been able to make a better finish in the 4th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Virgilio Gilen. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Marciano Ticho ran back to his position shaking his head. Patricio Burni struck a weak shot in the 6th minute. Virgilio Gilen didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Araujo. An unexpected shot in the 7th minute by Marciano Ticho got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Marciano Ticho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Virgilio Gilen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marciano Ticho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Araujo's Gabriel Otoniel got a free kick in the 15th minute. Silvio Cordaryal struck a weak shot in the 16th minute. Antonio Berdaitz didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Gral. Belgrano B. In the 21st minute, Marciano Ticho 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. Horacio Milio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 24th match minute, Araujo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gabriel Otoniel to maneuver through the defense. Virgilio Gilen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Patricio Burni, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. 33 minutes into the match, Patricio Burni dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Virgilio Gilen, 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Silvio Cordaryal in the 39th minute of play forced Araujo's goalkeeper Antonio Berdaitz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Horacio Milio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Patricio Burni was the one to do the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Horacio Milio got free with Antonio Berdaitz in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 55th minute, Horacio Milio fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Silvio Cordaryal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Horacio Milio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 71st minute Patricio Burni shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Virgilio Gilen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Patricio Burni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Virgilio Gilen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 78th minute, Patricio Burni made a precise shot to the right of Virgilio Gilen. Gral. Belgrano B's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Horacio Milio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Paolo Valerio hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. When Marciano Ticho came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the Araujo 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 Marciano Ticho couldn't finish the play. After 92 played minutes Gral. Belgrano B got a freekick which was hit by Segundo Estebano. After 93 minutes of play, Araujo's Marciano Ticho made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Virgilio Gilen was left in no man's land by his defense there! Araujo were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Gral. Belgrano B for a fine match.