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DIEGO A. MARADONA
Spectators: 7095 (Terracing: 5323, Seating: 1631, VIP seats: 141) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Vicente Natal kicked off to start the match. Claudio Nalo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Ricardo Abalos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ricardo Abalos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adrian Cresitobalo in the 11th minute of the match. Ricardo Abalos came out of the goal in the 23rd minute to try and stop a shot by Tipán FC's Vicente Natal. But to his dismay, Vicente Natal quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. After 29 played minutes TOHO SOCCER CLUB got a freekick which was hit by Alonzo Lordi. TOHO SOCCER CLUB's Ricardo Abalos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Uriel Guillelmus in the 30th minute of play. In the 34th minute, Vicente Natal 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. Horacio Guifre showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jarbas de Barros, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. In the 39th minute, TOHO SOCCER CLUB's Isidro Errando dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. 44 minutes into the match, Tipán FC's goalkeeper Horacio Guifre had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jarbas de Barros.

Vicente Natal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Ricardo Abalos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 53rd minute, Marcos Precioso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Through an outstanding action, after 55 minutes, Ricardo Abalos successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Thanks to some nice moves Adrian Cresitobalo could shoot a difficult shot in the 58th minute, which Ricardo Abalos however easily saved by the left post. Claudio Nalo hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. After having played for 72 minutes, Adrian Cresitobalo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tipán FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Adrian Cresitobalo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Adrian Cresitobalo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricardo Abalos having to interfere. Marcos Precioso recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 80th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Claudio Nalo's late challenge caught a TOHO SOCCER CLUB's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Claudio Nalo helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 81st minute of the game. One of Tipán FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of TOHO SOCCER CLUB:s goal. In the 83rd minute there was a penalty for TOHO SOCCER CLUB. Isidro Errando stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Horacio Guifre. 3-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Marcos Precioso managed to get in a good position for a shot. TOHO SOCCER CLUB's supporters rose to their feet, but Marcos Precioso was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Horacio Guifre breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. For all the effort they put into the match, the Tipán FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for TOHO SOCCER CLUB.