League Play-Off

Estadio Palmitas
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) When Filomeno Hotz came up free with the goalie in the 3rd minute, the Palmitas 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 Filomeno Hotz couldn't finish the play. Palmitas's Filomeno Hotz got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Pucará FC's Celedonio Oxel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ramon Tono in the 13th minute of play. Benigno Papo hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Marcial Oalo, 16 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. After a rather tough play, Pucará FC's Benigno Papo got a free kick in the 27th minute. Celedonio Oxel acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 27th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Marcial Oalo. Celedonio Oxel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ramon Tono, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Urbano Oinaz hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. In the 42nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Pucará FC's goalkeeper Celedonio Oxel, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ramon Tono sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 46 played minutes Palmitas got a freekick which was hit by Filomeno Hotz. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Celedonio Oxel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ramon Tono in the 51st minute of play. 52 minutes into the game, Alvaro Ipar was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pucará FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Palmitas the free kick. After a rather tough play, Pucará FC's Alvaro Ipar got a free kick in the 52nd minute. The audience was convinced that Filomeno Hotz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Celedonio Oxel was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ramon Tono in the 67th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Celedonio Oxel prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 71st minute Ramon Tono shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Celedonio Oxel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Filomeno Hotz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ramon Tono in the 76th minute of play forced Pucará FC's goalkeeper Celedonio Oxel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 82nd minute Pucará FC were awarded a corner. Ulises Edwardo went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Ulises Edwardo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Astor Jakue quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. If Alvaro Ipar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 89th minute, Ramon Tono 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Angelino Joey in the 92nd minute of play forced Palmitas's goalkeeper Astor Jakue to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Amador Bertin kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. Ulises Edwardo shot from long distance in the 94th minute, but Astor Jakue was prepared and stopped the ball at the left post. Despite being the better team, Palmitas failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.