League

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) Celta de Vigo's Omar Estevon started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Cosme Godoy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonel Hodei, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. In the 8th minute Jaguars Veracruz were awarded a corner. Delmar Artaldo went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Delmar Artaldo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Cosme Godoy quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 11th minute, Manuel Barto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cosme Godoy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amadeo Argenis, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Marco Olayo kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. Omar Estevon's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Fidel Txurio read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 18th minute of play. In the 19th minute Celta de Vigo were awarded a corner. Esteban Opilano went to the cornerflag to take it. At last the ball reached Niceto Dunixi at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Jaguars Veracruz. 0-1. 25 minutes into the game, Tomás Chano cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Cosme Godoy was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Celta de Vigo's Cosme Godoy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leonel Hodei in the 29th minute of play. With a little luck, Celta de Vigo's Cosme Godoy got control of the ball when Tomás Chano tried to sneak it across the goal line. 31 minutes into the match, Celta de Vigo's goal looked a bit too open when Delmar Artaldo came free, but Cosme Godoy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Omar Estevon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 39th match minute, Jaguars Veracruz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amadeo Argenis to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the Celta de Vigo defense, Delmar Artaldo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cosme Godoy. The Celta de Vigo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cosme Godoy should have stopped the shot. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tomás Chano made a kick off. When Manuel Barto came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the Celta de Vigo 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 Manuel Barto couldn't finish the play. Cosme Godoy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Norberto Guifre in the 54th minute of the match. 55 minutes into the match, Pablo Acevedo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cosme Godoy. Celta de Vigo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pablo Acevedo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pablo Acevedo in the 60th minute of play forced Celta de Vigo's goalkeeper Cosme Godoy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tomás Chano blasted a shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cosme Godoy having to make a save. In the 63rd minute, Pablo Acevedo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cosme Godoy was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. The supporters of Jaguars Veracruz booed when Celta de Vigo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Omar Estevon didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Pablo Acevedo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 68th minute, Delmar Artaldo had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. When Arnoldo Ponc fell near the penalty area in the 68th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Celta de Vigo's protests and gave Arnoldo Ponc a yellow card for diving instead. Jaguars Veracruz made a substitution. Paolo Fernanco replaced Delmar Artaldo. 74 minutes into the match, Celta de Vigo's goal looked a bit too open when Norberto Guifre came free, but Cosme Godoy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Celta de Vigo's Cosme Godoy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leonel Hodei in the 79th minute of play. Basílio Ferreira kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Leonel Hodei's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cosme Godoy was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. Cosme Godoy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pablo Acevedo in the 85th minute of play. In the 87th minute Tomás Chano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cosme Godoy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Paolo Fernanco took the ball and in the 88 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cosme Godoy. Cosme Godoy dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-1. Tomás Chano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cosme Godoy having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paolo Fernanco in the 93rd minute of play forced Celta de Vigo's goalkeeper Cosme Godoy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cosme Godoy came out of the goal in the 96th minute to try and stop a shot by Jaguars Veracruz's Pablo Acevedo. But to his dismay, Pablo Acevedo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-1.