League

EL MONUMENTAL
Spectators: 7267 (Terracing: 5452, Seating: 1671, VIP seats: 144) Albano Celio started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. A collision led to La plaza getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Arnulfo Abalos hit a great ball. Virgilio Corderun could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 5th minute of the match, but Ovidio Christobal made a huge save. The long shot by Bernabe Oliveiro in the 9th minute really tested Ovidio Christobal's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Joel Eguerdi charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Joel Eguerdi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Albano Celio in the 18th minute of play forced RIVER PLATE FC's goalkeeper Cesar Sabino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cesar Sabino stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Albano Celio's shot from short distance in the 19th minute. If Virgilio Corderun had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 24 minutes, Albano Celio managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. La plaza's supporters crossed their fingers, but Albano Celio was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 26 minutes of play, La plaza's Albano Celio made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cesar Sabino was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a little luck, La plaza's Ovidio Christobal got control of the ball when Virgilio Corderun tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Joel Eguerdi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Arnulfo Abalos scored 0-3 in the 38th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cesar Sabino, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Cesar Sabino took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Albano Celio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ovidio Christobal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Eguerdi in the 47th minute of the match. After the first half La plaza were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Virgilio Corderun made a kick off. Arnulfo Abalos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cesar Sabino having to interfere. In the 53rd match minute, RIVER PLATE FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Virgilio Corderun to maneuver through the defense. Cesar Sabino stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Albano Celio's shot from short distance in the 54th minute. Cecilio Veto hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Cesar Sabino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Albano Celio in the 61st minute of play. Cesar Sabino showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnulfo Abalos in the 65th minute of the match. Casimiro Quinteros's late challenge caught a RIVER PLATE FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Casimiro Quinteros helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 66th minute of the game. One of La plaza:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of RIVER PLATE FC:s goal. The audience was convinced that Virgilio Corderun's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ovidio Christobal was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Virgilio Corderun's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ovidio Christobal was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. In the 76th minute, Albano Celio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Albano Celio kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Cesar Sabino. That made the score 1-5 in the 85 minute of play. Arnulfo Abalos's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Cesar Sabino firmly grabbed it by the left post. Albano Celio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Cesar Sabino made a huge save. During the 96th minute of the match Albano Celio completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Albano Celio a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Albano Celio hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. The La plaza players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.