Federation Clash Challenge

Estadio Galaxy
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Paulino Lamberto kicked off to start the match. San Martin de Tucuman's Cecilio Jax played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Conrado Nicholas in the 3rd minute of play. San Martin de Tucuman's Cecilio Jax proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save San Martin de Tucuman from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Paulino Lamberto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roch Roman was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Conrado Nicholas in the 8th minute of play forced San Martin de Tucuman's goalkeeper Cecilio Jax to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cecilio Jax took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Conrado Nicholas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 11th minute Galácticos del Pueblo were awarded a corner. Cristobal Mirande went to the cornerflag to take it. Baltasar Ferman made a great header on Galácticos del Pueblo's corner, it was just that San Martin de Tucuman's Cecilio Jax managed to reach the ball for a save. San Martin de Tucuman's Cecilio Jax played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Conrado Nicholas in the 14th minute of play. Roch Roman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulino Lamberto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fabian Urdaspal's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Cecilio Jax read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 18th minute of play. After a rather tough play, San Martin de Tucuman's Ulises Dominguez got a free kick in the 19th minute. In the 21st minute, Fabian Urdaspal made a precise shot to the right of Cecilio Jax. San Martin de Tucuman's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Cecilio Jax showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Conrado Nicholas in the 24th minute of the match. San Martin de Tucuman's Cecilio Jax played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Conrado Nicholas in the 24th minute of play. Roch Roman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulino Lamberto in the 28th minute of play. Cecilio Jax made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fabian Urdaspal in the 31st minute. When the match clock showed 41 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Carmelo Osoitz sped through Galácticos del Pueblo's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Roch Roman. In the 45th minute, Paulino Lamberto ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Roch Roman was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Fabian Urdaspal made a kick off. With a little luck, Galácticos del Pueblo's Roch Roman got control of the ball when Carmelo Osoitz tried to sneak it across the goal line. San Martin de Tucuman were awarded a corner in the 54th minute after Galácticos del Pueblo's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Paulino Lamberto took the corner. Paulino Lamberto made a great header on San Martin de Tucuman's corner, it was just that Galácticos del Pueblo's Roch Roman managed to reach the ball for a save. San Martin de Tucuman made a substitution. Marcial Munio replaced Luciano Selmo. The audience thought a goal was coming when Paulino Lamberto got free with Roch Roman in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. San Martin de Tucuman's Cecilio Jax played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arturo Espiridion in the 67th minute of play. Anastasio Amesti kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. In the 70th minute Cristobal Mirande shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cecilio Jax saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marcial Munio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Galácticos del Pueblo made a substitution. Ernesto Tab replaced Fabian Urdaspal. San Martin de Tucuman's Eugenio Orland was substituted for Effiong Adebiyi. In the 89th match minute, Galácticos del Pueblo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Seyhun Erdönmez to maneuver through the defense. Roch Roman made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marcial Munio in the 93rd minute. 98 minutes had been played when some careless play by Galácticos del Pueblo's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Paulino Lamberto was slow to take the kick. During this time San Martin de Tucuman's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Paulino Lamberto got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Roch Roman quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The San Martin de Tucuman supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing San Martin de Tucuman would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.