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Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Amado Vedillo made the kick off which started today's match. Celso Frutos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Márcio Lago's shot from short distance in the 6th minute. In the 8th minute Zacarias Umea suffered a foot injury and had to be helped off the field. With a little luck, Guanacos's Celso Frutos got control of the ball when Valentino Rosas tried to sneak it across the goal line. Prospero Guzman made in the 12th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Amado Vedillo. After 16 played minutes Expresso Ranelagh got a freekick which was hit by Cesare Raimondi. After a rather tough play, Guanacos's Rodolfo Mino got a free kick in the 20th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Guanacos's zone, Márcio Lago stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Celso Frutos came out of the goal and Márcio Lago tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Guanacos's Celso Frutos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save Guanacos from getting a goal against them. 33 minutes into the game, Márcio Lago cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Celso Frutos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Honorato Chap got free with Celso Frutos in the 38th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Celso Frutos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Honorato Chap in the 41st minute. In the 44th match minute, Guanacos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Prospero Guzman to maneuver through the defense. Celso Frutos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Márcio Lago in the 45th minute of play. 47 minutes into the game, Expresso Ranelagh's Hipolito Mannie nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Celso Frutos made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Honorato Chap to make the kick off. Expresso Ranelagh's attentive Valentino Rosas managed to snatch the ball when Prospero Guzman made a throw-in in the 55th minute of the game. 58 minutes into the match, Expresso Ranelagh's Márcio Lago sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Celso Frutos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Guanacos's Celso Frutos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Márcio Lago in the 62nd minute of play. After some careless play in the Guanacos defense, Honorato Chap kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Celso Frutos. The Guanacos fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Celso Frutos should have stopped the shot. After 70 minutes of play, Expresso Ranelagh's Márcio Lago made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Celso Frutos was left in no man's land by his defense there! Guanacos's Honorato Federigo was substituted for Tobias Natal. 80 minutes into the match, Márcio Lago had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Celso Frutos. Guanacos's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Márcio Lago was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. Guanacos's Celso Frutos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Svetoslav Vardarov in the 86th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Svetoslav Vardarov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Celso Frutos was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. After 97 minutes, Prospero Guzman mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Guanacos and the Expresso Ranelagh players grew even worse after the yellow card. Prospero Guzman hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. Expresso Ranelagh were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Guanacos for a fine match.