League

Recoleta
Spectators: 7006 (Terracing: 5361, Seating: 1644, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Conrado Cristofol made the kick off which started today's match. After having played for 4 minutes, Mauricio Colon managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Club Atletico River Plate's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mauricio Colon was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Conrado Cristofol sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Arnoldo Jerardo hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. In the 16th minute Aurelio Venceslao suffered a knee injury and had to be helped off the field. A collision led to Almagro getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Conrado Cristofol hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mauricio Colon in the 20th minute of play forced Almagro's goalkeeper Israel Navarro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Conrado Cristofol was shown his second yellow card after 21 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Club Atletico River Plate's Rogelio Gorka got a good chance for a goal in the 24th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Almagro's defense didn't have a chance, in the 27th minute, when Mauricio Colon scored to the left of an out of position Israel Navarro, making the score, 1-0. Mauricio Colon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Israel Navarro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Mauricio Colon came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the Club Atletico 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 Mauricio Colon couldn't finish the play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mauricio Colon in the 40th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Israel Navarro prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Juan Salvatore 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. 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mauricio Colon stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Anastasio Reno sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Israel Navarro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mauricio Colon in the 55th minute of the match. Israel Navarro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mauricio Colon in the 57th minute of the match. Israel Navarro came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by Club Atletico River Plate's Mauricio Colon. But to his dismay, Mauricio Colon quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Mauricio Colon struck a weak shot in the 64th minute. Israel Navarro didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Club Atletico River Plate. Israel Navarro didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Club Atletico River Plate's Mauricio Colon shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Eliseo Matia made in the 70th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Almagro's Arnoldo Jerardo. Israel Navarro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mauricio Colon went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. After 84 played minutes Almagro got a freekick which was hit by Adriana Niva. Israel Navarro stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mauricio Colon's shot from short distance in the 87th minute. Necdet Baykutay took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adriana Niva, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Almagro's Israel Navarro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mauricio Colon in the 92nd minute of play. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Club Atletico River Plate had played much better football throughout.