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José Amalfitani
Spectators: 7082 (Terracing: 5344, Seating: 1638, VIP seats: 100) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Emanuel Medina took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 3 minutes, Elias Colon mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mukenio and the Velez Sarsfield players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 3rd minute, Elias Colon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sebastian Hernando charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sebastian Hernando the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 5 played minutes Mukenio got a freekick which was hit by Sebastian Hernando. After some careless play in the Velez Sarsfield defense, Elias Colon kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Isaac Pancho. The Velez Sarsfield fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Isaac Pancho should have stopped the shot. Isaac Pancho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ignacio Nayely in the 17th minute of play. Isaac Pancho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastian Hernando in the 23rd minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Sebastian Hernando in the 25th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Isaac Pancho prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 26 minutes into the match, Velez Sarsfield's goal looked a bit too open when Jonathan Chaime came free, but Isaac Pancho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eustaquio Bixintxo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Zeledon Mazuste tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gustavo Bermudez hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustavo Bermudez in the 35th minute of play forced Velez Sarsfield's goalkeeper Isaac Pancho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Velez Sarsfield's Isaac Pancho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sebastian Hernando in the 37th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustavo Bermudez in the 40th minute of play forced Velez Sarsfield's goalkeeper Isaac Pancho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonathan Chaime in the 43rd minute of play forced Velez Sarsfield's goalkeeper Isaac Pancho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gustavo Bermudez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Isaac Pancho having to interfere.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Sebastian Hernando was the one to do the kick off. With an all-out effort, Mukenio's Isaac Pancho threw himself towards the right post 54 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Sebastian Hernando, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Isaac Pancho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sebastian Hernando, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Osvaldo Firme hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. After having played for 63 minutes, Ignacio Nayely managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mukenio's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ignacio Nayely was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sebastian Hernando got free with Isaac Pancho in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sebastian Hernando in the 72nd minute of play forced Velez Sarsfield's goalkeeper Isaac Pancho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 73rd minute, Jonathan Chaime left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mukenio fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. 76 minutes into the match, Velez Sarsfield's goalkeeper Isaac Pancho had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sebastian Hernando. Emanuel Medina blasted a shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Zeledon Mazuste having to make a save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jonathan Chaime got free with Isaac Pancho in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Isaac Pancho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sebastian Hernando, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sebastian Hernando got free with Isaac Pancho in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 86 minutes of play, Mukenio's Jonathan Chaime made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Isaac Pancho was left in no man's land by his defense there! Velez Sarsfield's Isaac Pancho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sebastian Hernando in the 89th minute of play. In the 94th minute Gustavo Bermudez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Isaac Pancho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Velez Sarsfield fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Mukenio were clearly better and deserved to take the win.