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El Monumental
Spectators: 7232 (Terracing: 5426, Seating: 1663, VIP seats: 143) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Zachariasz Zapolski took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Edgardo Lopes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gustavo Lucero was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Zachariasz Zapolski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 9th minute, German Iliana hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dalmacio Fonso kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. A collision led to C.A. River Plate getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Stig Byrgren hit a great ball. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by neckers's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Zachariasz Zapolski was slow to take the kick. During this time C.A. River Plate's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of neckers's goalie and right to Zachariasz Zapolski. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. neckers's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zachariasz Zapolski in the 24th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gustavo Lucero prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Gustavo Lucero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zachariasz Zapolski in the 31st minute of the match. After 33 minutes, Eloy Salomone mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the C.A. River Plate and the neckers players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 35th minute of the match Ovidio Medardo sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Marco Loi skillfully saved the ball. In the 36th match minute, neckers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonathan Lertxun to maneuver through the defense. Oswaldo Aznar took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 41st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Gustavo Lucero. neckers's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Marco Loi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonathan Lertxun, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Stig Byrgren kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. In the 47th match minute, neckers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gogo Justin to maneuver through the defense. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jonathan Lertxun to make the kick off. In the 55th minute, Arnoldo Felo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Stig Byrgren came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the C.A. River Plate 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 Stig Byrgren couldn't finish the play. If Zachariasz Zapolski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Zachariasz Zapolski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Roque Paz took the ball and in the 73 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marco Loi. Marco Loi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. When Zachariasz Zapolski came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the C.A. River Plate 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 Zachariasz Zapolski couldn't finish the play. Dalmacio Fonso charged in rather forcefully in the 78th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dalmacio Fonso the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Dalmacio Fonso hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. When the match had gone on for 80 minutes, Zachariasz Zapolski put it in 5-1 from a short distance just to the right of Gustavo Lucero. 86 minutes into the game, Zachariasz Zapolski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-1. Gustavo Lucero was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With an all-out effort, neckers's Marco Loi threw himself towards the right post 90 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Jonathan Lertxun, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Gustavo Lucero stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zachariasz Zapolski's shot from short distance in the 93rd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Stig Byrgren managed to get in a good position for a shot. C.A. River Plate's supporters rose to their feet, but Stig Byrgren was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gustavo Lucero breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that Zachariasz Zapolski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gustavo Lucero was relentless in the 95th minute of the game. After 96 played minutes neckers got a freekick which was hit by Ovidio Medardo. C.A. River Plate walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.