League

Estadio Echevarria
Spectators: 8422 (Terracing: 6317, Seating: 1937, VIP seats: 168) With a little luck, Peñarol's Espiridion Bullon got control of the ball when Lopes Avendaño tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Esquipula Betolaza in the 5th minute of play forced Peñarol's goalkeeper Espiridion Bullon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 8th minute, Lopes Avendaño reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Espiridion Bullon. The goal made the score 1-0. Espiridion Bullon made a fantastic save in the 20th minute, when Lopes Avendaño sent off a good shot on target. Echevarria's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Admon Cabral in the 21st minute. The audience was convinced that Esquipula Betolaza's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Espiridion Bullon was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. Espiridion Bullon didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Esquipula Betolaza went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Silverio Cigüenza during the 29th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Belo Leturia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Haroldo Urti, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Espiridion Bullon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Esquipula Betolaza in the 36th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Peñarol's zone, Lopes Avendaño stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Espiridion Bullon came out of the goal and Lopes Avendaño tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Espiridion Bullon made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rocendo Fornell in the 39th minute. Peñarol's Espiridion Bullon proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save Peñarol from getting a goal against them.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Haroldo Urti to make the kick off. Peñarol's Espiridion Bullon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lopes Avendaño in the 52nd minute of play. Rocendo Fornell took the ball and in the 57 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Espiridion Bullon. Espiridion Bullon dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. After 60 minutes of play, Echevarria's Lopes Avendaño made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Espiridion Bullon was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a defensive mix-up in Peñarol's zone, Lopes Avendaño stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Espiridion Bullon came out of the goal and Lopes Avendaño tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lopes Avendaño in the 65th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Espiridion Bullon saved Peñarol from getting behind. Echevarria's Pellas Meldasgoas got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Lopes Avendaño scored 6-0 in the 67th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Espiridion Bullon, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a defensive mix-up in Peñarol's zone, Esquipula Betolaza stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Espiridion Bullon came out of the goal and Esquipula Betolaza tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Espiridion Bullon came out of the goal in the 72nd minute to try and stop a shot by Echevarria's Lopes Avendaño. But to his dismay, Lopes Avendaño quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-0. Peñarol's Jon Cariton was substituted for Diego Loarte. Haroldo Urti hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Peñarol's Espiridion Bullon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Esquipula Betolaza in the 85th minute of play. In the 88th minute, Esquipula Betolaza ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Espiridion Bullon was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-0. In the 94th minute, Haroldo Urti left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Peñarol fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 8-1. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Echevarria fully deserved thier win.