League

Ranquile
Spectators: 6901 (Terracing: 5401, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 0) Rawson's Hector Pitin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ernesto Bikendi in the 9th minute of play. In the 10th minute Ernesto Bikendi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hector Pitin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the C A Talleres CBA defense, Esteban Nerio kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jimeno Lesardo. The C A Talleres CBA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jimeno Lesardo should have stopped the shot. Esteban Nerio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Jimeno Lesardo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 28 played minutes Rawson got a freekick which was hit by Paulino Errando. Norberto Beremundo shot from long distance in the 29th minute, but Hector Pitin was prepared and stopped the ball at the left post. In the 34th minute, Esteban Nerio 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. Jimeno Lesardo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodrigo Giro in the 35th minute of the match. With a little luck, Rawson's Hector Pitin got control of the ball when Damaso Estevon tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 45th match minute, C A Talleres CBA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Norberto Beremundo to maneuver through the defense. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Rodrigo Giro made a kick off. If Rodrigo Giro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jimeno Lesardo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rodrigo Giro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Esteban Nerio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jimeno Lesardo having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodrigo Giro in the 73rd minute of play forced C A Talleres CBA's goalkeeper Jimeno Lesardo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Esteban Nerio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rodrigo Giro struck a weak shot in the 78th minute. Jimeno Lesardo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Rawson. With an all-out effort, Rawson's Jimeno Lesardo threw himself towards the right post 81 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Rodrigo Giro, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 86 minutes into the match, Rodrigo Giro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jimeno Lesardo. C A Talleres CBA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rodrigo Giro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After 90 minutes, Leonardo Reynardo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Rawson and the C A Talleres CBA players grew even worse after the yellow card. Leonardo Reynardo kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. Rawson's Hector Pitin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ernesto Bikendi in the 94th minute of play. Rawson's Hector Pitin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damaso Estevon in the 95th minute of play. After having played for 100 minutes, Ernesto Bikendi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. C A Talleres CBA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ernesto Bikendi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Rawson's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.