League Play-Off

Estadio Thea
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Eloy Selatse kicked off to start the match. Augusto Rocendo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eloy Selatse in the 3rd minute of the match. Jorge Ofelio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eloy Selatse in the 8th minute of play forced Thea's goalkeeper Augusto Rocendo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Norberto Fe received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Jose Tulio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 12 minutes into the match, Thea's Victorino Acuña sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jose Tulio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 14 minutes into the match, Chuchucaruana's goal looked a bit too open when Victorino Acuña came free, but Jose Tulio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cecilio Misael hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Eloy Selatse's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Augusto Rocendo was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. 32 minutes into the match, Thea's goal looked a bit too open when Eloy Selatse came free, but Augusto Rocendo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cecilio Misael's late challenge caught a Chuchucaruana's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cecilio Misael helped the player get up and apologised. An unexpectedly hard shot by Silvano Guerrero in the 37th minute of play forced Chuchucaruana's goalkeeper Jose Tulio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Jose Tulio managed to avoid a goal in the 38thth minute, when Thea's Victorino Acuña fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Jose Tulio didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 40th minute, which inside left pole to 2-0. If Victorino Acuña had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Victorino Acuña's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 46thth minute, Jose Tulio skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Victorino Acuña made a kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Chuchucaruana's goal looked a bit too open when Victorino Acuña came free, but Jose Tulio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jacobo Emenon's late challenge caught a Thea's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jacobo Emenon helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Chuchucaruana's Jacobo Emenon got a free kick in the 55th minute. After having played for 62 minutes, Cecilio Misael managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Thea's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cecilio Misael was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Thea's Augusto Rocendo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jacobo Emenon in the 66th minute of play. 71 minutes into the match, Thea's goal looked a bit too open when Eloy Selatse came free, but Augusto Rocendo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thea's Augusto Rocendo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eloy Selatse in the 72nd minute of play. Jose Tulio didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Thea's Victorino Acuña shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Victorino Acuña sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Victorino Acuña's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jose Tulio was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. Cecilio Misael struck a weak shot in the 80th minute. Jose Tulio didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Thea. Cecilio Misael kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. Eloy Selatse did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 3-1 to the left of a surprised Augusto Rocendo 84 minutes into the match. Victorino Acuña fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jose Tulio having to interfere. Norberto Fe received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Jose Tulio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Roman Urritz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Eloy Selatse managed to get in a good position for a shot. Chuchucaruana's supporters rose to their feet, but Eloy Selatse was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Augusto Rocendo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. For all the effort they put into the match, the Chuchucaruana players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Thea.