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Estadio Sarmiento
Spectators: 6934 (Terracing: 5296, Seating: 1623, VIP seats: 15) Esteve Lia started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd minute, Roman James hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Roman James might have been able to make a better finish in the 6th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Victoriano Perico. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Roman James ran back to his position shaking his head. Sarmiento's Silvestre Barrionuevo shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 11th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Victoriano Perico but with some difficulty. In the 17th minute, Leandro Vasco ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cristobal Hug was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Cristobal Hug showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benigno Oliverio, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Cristobal Hug took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carolo Guifre, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 23rd minute, Ambrosio Marino ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cristobal Hug was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Benigno Oliverio took the ball and in the 29 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cristobal Hug. Cristobal Hug dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. Esteve Lia had several of the Atletico de Rafaela's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 32 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 Perico as he didn't even see the shot coming. Esteve Lia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Victoriano Perico having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abelardo Oso got free with Victoriano Perico in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Benigno Oliverio made a kick off. 55 minutes into the game, Leandro Vasco cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Cristobal Hug was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Cristobal Hug showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benigno Oliverio in the 63rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benigno Oliverio in the 67th minute of play forced Sarmiento's goalkeeper Cristobal Hug to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anier Cordaryal's late challenge caught a Sarmiento's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Anier Cordaryal helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Atletico de Rafaela's Anier Cordaryal got a free kick in the 68th minute. 71 minutes into the game, Abelardo Oso cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-4. Victoriano Perico was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Cristobal Hug took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benigno Oliverio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Sarmiento's Lisandro Peyo got a free kick in the 75th minute. After a rather tough play, Sarmiento's Lisandro Peyo got a free kick in the 77th minute. After 83 played minutes Sarmiento got a freekick which was hit by Domingo Urtzi. Esteve Lia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Victoriano Perico having to interfere. 91 minutes into the match, Esteve Lia notched a goal, 3-4, to the right of Atletico de Rafaela's Victoriano Perico. Victoriano Perico was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.