League

El Gigante de Boedo
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) hacha y pizza's Severino Abeijon 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. In the 4th minute Severino Abeijon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonardo Bertol saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roque Bautista in the 6th minute of play forced Boedo FC's goalkeeper Leonardo Bertol to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 8 minutes of play, hacha y pizza's Severino Abeijon made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Leonardo Bertol was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, hacha y pizza's Rigoberto Lixandro got a free kick in the 11th minute. After a defensive mix-up in hacha y pizza's zone, Casimiro Orti stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Emiliano Panfilo came out of the goal and Casimiro Orti tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Clemente Marin came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the Boedo FC 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 Clemente Marin couldn't finish the play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Roque Bautista during the 19th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Roque Bautista kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Clemente Marin got free with Emiliano Panfilo in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 25 minutes hacha y pizza's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Casimiro Orti who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Casimiro Orti almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but hacha y pizza's Emiliano Panfilo did a great save. Fernando Polo might have been able to make a better finish in the 28th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Emiliano Panfilo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Fernando Polo ran back to his position shaking his head. During the 31st minute of the match Roque Bautista completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Roque Bautista a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. A hard shot by Casimiro Orti from long distance, 42 minutes into the match, got Emiliano Panfilo's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Boedo FC's Fernando Polo got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Fernando Polo to strike the kick off in the second half. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Fernando Polo in the 53rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Emiliano Panfilo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fernando Polo in the 59th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Emiliano Panfilo saved hacha y pizza from getting behind. If Claudio Locaio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 63 minutes into the match, Claudio Locaio had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Emiliano Panfilo. hacha y pizza's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Claudio Locaio was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. After 67 minutes, Guillermo Hever mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the hacha y pizza and the Boedo FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Boedo FC's Amado Berart was substituted for Candido Fidensio. Clemente Marin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emiliano Panfilo having to interfere. Leonardo Bertol made an important save on a dangerous shot by Conrado Kimetz in the 81st minute. Emiliano Panfilo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Clemente Marin in the 83rd minute of the match. Fernando Polo 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. Emiliano Panfilo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eleuterio Loco went, in the 87th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Emiliano Panfilo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Clemente Marin in the 91st minute of play. There was no doubt that Boedo FC were the better team. Boedo FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.