League

Independencia
Spectators: 7120 (Terracing: 5341, Seating: 1638, VIP seats: 141) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Augusto Iratzeder kicked off to start the match. Defensores de Ballester's Humberto Gartzea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Augusto Iratzeder in the 5th minute of play. After 5 played minutes Defensores de Ballester got a freekick which was hit by Tanek Pawelczyk. Humberto Gartzea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Augusto Iratzeder, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. In the 13th play minute Danilo Bilintx came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Humberto Gartzea. 1-0. Bartolo Magdaleno received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Roberto Efraim tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Christer Birkelund hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Humberto Gartzea showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Augusto Iratzeder, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Bartolo Magdaleno sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jonatan Pirro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ramon Ihintza struck a weak shot in the 41st minute. Roberto Efraim didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Defensores de Ballester. CA Independencia's Roberto Efraim played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bartolo Magdaleno in the 43rd minute of play. Jonatan Pirro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bartolo Magdaleno to make the kick off. Roberto Efraim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bartolo Magdaleno, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Casimiro Neto in the 54th minute of play forced Defensores de Ballester's goalkeeper Humberto Gartzea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Humberto Gartzea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alonzo Lope in the 54th minute of play. In the 56th minute, Alonzo Lope made a precise shot to the right of Humberto Gartzea. Defensores de Ballester's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Bartolo Magdaleno fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roberto Efraim having to interfere. Defensores de Ballester's Humberto Gartzea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Augusto Iratzeder in the 77th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Danilo Bilintx during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 78th minute, Danilo Bilintx hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jonatan Pirro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Defensores de Ballester's Tanek Pawelczyk got a good chance for a goal in the 87th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 88th minute, Bartolo Magdaleno 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. If Tanek Pawelczyk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jonatan Pirro's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Roberto Efraim read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 94th minute of play. When Tanek Pawelczyk came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the Defensores de Ballester 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 Tanek Pawelczyk couldn't finish the play.