League

Escalada
Spectators: 6656 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1656, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mateo Reyes got the match started through his kick off. Silvano Astrada took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amancio Abancens, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 7 minutes, Adan Steven mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ferro Carril Oeste and the Escalada AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 7 played minutes Ferro Carril Oeste got a freekick which was hit by Adan Steven. Luisito Silvanito kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Silvano Astrada was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Bernardo Tano. Adan Steven 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. After 14 minutes of play, Ferro Carril Oeste's Rosendo Polentzi made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Guaberto Ibon was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 17th match minute, Escalada AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Baldomero Orti to maneuver through the defense. Ferro Carril Oeste's Basilio Aznar couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 18th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Escalada AFC. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mateo Reyes in the 19th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Guaberto Ibon prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Ferro Carril Oeste's Mateo Reyes in the 21st minute got a chance for a shot 21st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Escalada AFC's goalie prevented a goal. Guaberto Ibon came out of the goal in the 25th minute to try and stop a shot by Ferro Carril Oeste's Mateo Reyes. But to his dismay, Mateo Reyes quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Mateo Reyes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Guaberto Ibon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ferro Carril Oeste's Rosendo Polentzi got a good chance for a goal in the 30th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mateo Reyes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Guaberto Ibon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Guaberto Ibon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mateo Reyes, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th minute, Mateo Reyes managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ferro Carril Oeste's supporters rose to their feet, but Mateo Reyes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Guaberto Ibon breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Silvano Astrada made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Christian Astudillo sent off a good shot on target. Silvano Astrada made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amancio Abancens in the 43rd minute of play. After having played for 45 minutes, Christian Astudillo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Escalada AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Christian Astudillo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Amancio Abancens sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 59 minutes into the match, Escalada AFC's Christian Astudillo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Silvano Astrada narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Amancio Abancens recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 61st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the match had gone on for 72 minutes, Amancio Abancens put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Silvano Astrada. Luisito Silvanito charged in rather forcefully in the 75th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luisito Silvanito the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 75 played minutes Ferro Carril Oeste got a freekick which was hit by Luisito Silvanito. Ferro Carril Oeste's Rosendo Polentzi got a good chance for a goal in the 79th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 82 played minutes Ferro Carril Oeste got a freekick which was hit by Basilio Aznar. In the 83rd minute of the match Bernardo Tano sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Silvano Astrada skillfully saved the ball. Silvano Astrada didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Escalada AFC's Amancio Abancens shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-3 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 91st minute Amancio Abancens shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silvano Astrada saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christian Astudillo in the 95th minute of play forced Ferro Carril Oeste's goalkeeper Silvano Astrada to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 96 minutes into the match, Christian Astudillo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Silvano Astrada. Ferro Carril Oeste's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Christian Astudillo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-3. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.