League

Estadio Fierro
Spectators: 6930 (Terracing: 5250, Seating: 1670, VIP seats: 10) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Rodrigo Urbes got the match started through his kick off. Joel Txartiko's late challenge caught a Gimnasia LP's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Joel Txartiko helped the player get up and apologised. Joel Txartiko kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. Isidoro Hanot sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Fabio Dalmau had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Marcos Veto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Baudelio in the 14th minute of play forced Gimnasia LP's goalkeeper Victoriano Frutos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 16th match minute, GUAYMALLEN was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joel Txartiko to maneuver through the defense. When GUAYMALLEN's Rodrigo Urbes in the 19th minute got a chance for a shot 19th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Gimnasia LP's goalie prevented a goal. Fabio Dalmau sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. GUAYMALLEN's Isidoro Hanot got a good chance for a goal in the 24th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 25 minutes, Adrian Inko mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gimnasia LP and the GUAYMALLEN players grew even worse after the yellow card. Adrian Inko kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. In the 26th minute, Isidoro Hanot ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Victoriano Frutos was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. A collision led to GUAYMALLEN getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Ismael Hartz hit a great ball. If Fabio Dalmau had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Victorio Nuno kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. Ismael Hartz hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. After having played for 43 minutes, Marcos Veto managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Gimnasia LP's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marcos Veto was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Rodrigo Urbes managed to get in a good position for a shot. GUAYMALLEN's supporters rose to their feet, but Rodrigo Urbes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Victoriano Frutos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Fabio Dalmau was the one to do the kick off. During the 52nd minute of the match Joel Txartiko completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Joel Txartiko a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 57th minute Fabio Dalmau shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Justino Stephen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 57 minutes into the match, Fabio Dalmau had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Justino Stephen. GUAYMALLEN's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fabio Dalmau was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Justino Stephen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcos Veto in the 61st minute of the match. Isidoro Hanot fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Victoriano Frutos having to interfere. Marcos Veto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Marcos Veto came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Gimnasia LP 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 Marcos Veto couldn't finish the play. After having played for 73 minutes, Ismael Hartz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. GUAYMALLEN's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ismael Hartz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Isidoro Hanot had several of the Gimnasia LP's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 80 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-3 score and a disappointed Victoriano Frutos as he didn't even see the shot coming. In a very dangerous position, a player in GUAYMALLEN fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 85th minute. Penalty! The audience thought a goal was coming when Isidoro Hanot got free with Victoriano Frutos in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Isidoro Hanot might have been able to make a better finish in the 98th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Victoriano Frutos. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Isidoro Hanot ran back to his position shaking his head.