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LA TUMBA
Spectators: 7310 (Terracing: 5484, Seating: 1681, VIP seats: 145) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Benigno Remicio made the kick off which started today's match. depo joaquin's Efrain Eate played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Miguel Valery in the 5th minute of play. Efrain Eate made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leon Dino in the 7th minute of play. Simon Lehior received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Roberto Lluc tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miguel Valery in the 20th minute of play forced depo joaquin's goalkeeper Efrain Eate to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in depo joaquin's zone, Maximo Hondo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Efrain Eate came out of the goal and Maximo Hondo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 23 minutes into the match, depo joaquin's goal looked a bit too open when Reynaldo Pacho came free, but Efrain Eate reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Maximo Hondo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. depo joaquin's Efrain Eate played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Miguel Valery in the 30th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Miguel Valery's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Efrain Eate was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. When Miguel Valery came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the Newells Old Boys 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 Miguel Valery couldn't finish the play. The crowd rose to their feet as Simon Lehior kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Roberto Lluc. That made the score 1-1 in the 37 minute of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Miguel Valery received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Efrain Eate tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Efrain Eate showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miguel Valery in the 59th minute of the match. When Miguel Valery came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Newells Old Boys 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 Miguel Valery couldn't finish the play. If Miguel Valery had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Maximo Hondo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Efrain Eate having to interfere. Efrain Eate showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miguel Valery, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Miguel Valery received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Efrain Eate tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 81 played minutes Newells Old Boys's Maximo Hondo stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Efrain Eate stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing depo joaquin of the goal. Newells Old Boys's Maximo Hondo got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Miguel Valery sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 92nd minute, Miguel Valery 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. Miguel Valery blasted a shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Efrain Eate having to make a save. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Newells Old Boys players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.