League Play-Off

Estadio Ballester
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) After 3 played minutes villa dalmine got a freekick which was hit by Julian Laffitte. 7 minutes into the match, Conrado Patxi notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of villa dalmine's Leandro Tano. Leandro Tano was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. villa dalmine's attentive Epifanio Haritzeder managed to snatch the ball when Conrado Patxi made a throw-in in the 10th minute of the game. In the 17th minute of the match Elias Laffitte shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Evaristo Gustau showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Julian Laffitte charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Julian Laffitte the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to villa dalmine getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Julian Laffitte hit a great ball. Honorio Loren sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Astor Herensuge's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Evaristo Gustau read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 33rd minute of play. A collision led to Alberdi Jrs. getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Nicanor Henry hit a great ball. In the 35th minute Astor Herensuge shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Evaristo Gustau saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alberdi Jrs.'s Evaristo Gustau played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anier Bernebe in the 42nd minute of play. Evaristo Gustau showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santiago Roland in the 45th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Astor Herensuge in the 47th minute of play forced Alberdi Jrs.'s goalkeeper Evaristo Gustau to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The wind increased when Astor Herensuge made the kick off in the second half. Santiago Roland received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Evaristo Gustau tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Manuel Aguilera sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A hard shot 56 in the game by Astor Herensuge from a close distance when the talented Evaristo Gustau managed to make a qualified save. Alberdi Jrs.'s players were relieved. After a rather tough play, villa dalmine's Elias Laffitte got a free kick in the 67th minute. Jacinto Todor kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. Nicanor Henry received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Leandro Tano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Honorio Loren's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Leandro Tano read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 78th minute of play. After 82 played minutes villa dalmine got a freekick which was hit by Elias Laffitte. Leandro Tano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Reynaldo Lop, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 87 minutes had been played when some careless play by villa dalmine's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Apolo Jaume was slow to take the kick. During this time Alberdi Jrs.'s players had a chance to rest. Jaime Herrera tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Leandro Tano. An unnecessary self made goal, 2-1 in the 87th minute. When Reynaldo Lop came up free with the goalie in the 92nd minute, the Alberdi Jrs. 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 Reynaldo Lop couldn't finish the play. In the 93rd minute, Nicanor Henry got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 95 minutes, Honorio Loren mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Alberdi Jrs. and the villa dalmine players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 95th match minute, Alberdi Jrs. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Honorio Loren to maneuver through the defense. villa dalmine's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.