League Play-Off

Atahona
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) After a defensive mix-up in Rosario Central's zone, Cayetano Lamberto stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Saul Vigil came out of the goal and Cayetano Lamberto tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Rosario Central's Saul Vigil played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cayetano Lamberto in the 6th minute of play. The audience was convinced that German Elazar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zacarias Jerrald was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. The supporters of Rosario Central booed when Chañarito was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gogo Lauren didn't get a good kick on the ball. Celestino Cuarto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Saul Vigil tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Rosario Central booed when Chañarito was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gogo Lauren didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 17th minute the ball was on its way in behind Rosario Central's goalkeeper Saul Vigil, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 18th minute, Osvaldo Asur hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gogo Lauren was shown his second yellow card after 21 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Gogo Lauren kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Chañarito's Zacarias Jerrald played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by German Elazar in the 23rd minute of play. In the 24th minute, Cayetano Lamberto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Chañarito's Tiburcio Loco got a free kick in the 26th minute. Zacarias Jerrald showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from German Elazar, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. In the 29th minute the ball was on its way in behind Chañarito's goalkeeper Zacarias Jerrald, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers German Elazar in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Zacarias Jerrald saved Chañarito from getting behind. If Silvio Cesario had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With his leg Zacarias Jerrald managed to avoid a goal in the 37thth minute, when Rosario Central's Silvio Cesario fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 40th minute German Elazar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zacarias Jerrald saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Inocencio Hodei came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the Chañarito 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 Inocencio Hodei couldn't finish the play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Inocencio Hodei stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 55thth minute of the game German Elazar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Chañarito's Zacarias Jerrald was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Tiburcio Loco took a quick shot and it went in 0-2 without a chance for Saul Vigil to make any attempt to save it. Inocencio Hodei could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Saul Vigil made a huge save. Chañarito's Inocencio Hodei got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Zacarias Jerrald made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Silvio Cesario in the 65th minute of play. Zacarias Jerrald showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from German Elazar, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Silvio Cesario in the 70th minute of play forced Chañarito's goalkeeper Zacarias Jerrald to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Silvio Cesario recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 78th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpected shot in the 84th minute by Celestino Cuarto got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. After 85 played minutes Chañarito got a freekick which was hit by Cayetano Lamberto. The Chañarito players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.