League Play-Off

Nestor Kirchner
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Amador Mikolas got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Roque Caton cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Prudencio Celio was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Amador Mikolas received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Danilo Sanduru came out and tried to block the shot, but Amador Mikolas slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 10th minute. Victorio Estefan charged in rather forcefully in the 14th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Victorio Estefan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 14th minute, Victorio Estefan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Israel Demario was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 15th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Lokomotiv Bs. As.'s Danilo Sanduru played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amador Mikolas in the 16th minute of play. After recieving a nice pass, Lokomotiv Bs. As.'s Denis Matai tried to score from far away in the 19th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Baldomiro Iratxo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Danilo Sanduru made a huge save. Prudencio Celio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roque Caton in the 25th minute of the match. Prudencio Celio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benjamin Reno in the 33rd minute of play. In the 37th minute, Amador Mikolas 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. Gustavo Hever's late challenge caught a Lokomotiv Bs. As.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gustavo Hever helped the player get up and apologised. After 41 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Lanus United AC! The referee gave Lokomotiv Bs. As. a penalty, 43 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Denis Matai, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Lanus United AC's Prudencio Celio. 2-2. Prudencio Celio came out of the goal in the 48th minute to try and stop a shot by Lokomotiv Bs. As.'s Marcial Perfecto. But to his dismay, Marcial Perfecto quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 2-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Roque Caton was the one to do the kick off. Martin Astudillo kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. The long shot by Denis Matai in the 58th minute really tested Prudencio Celio's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. In the 60th minute, Amador Mikolas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lanus United AC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-3. If Amador Mikolas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Prudencio Celio made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Benjamin Reno sent off a good shot on target. Cleto Afonso's late challenge caught a Lokomotiv Bs. As.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cleto Afonso helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Lanus United AC getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Cleto Afonso hit a great ball. If Roque Caton had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Amador Mikolas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lanus United AC's supporters rose to their feet, but Amador Mikolas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Danilo Sanduru breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 91 minutes of play, Lanus United AC's Baldomiro Iratxo made it 4-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Danilo Sanduru was left in no man's land by his defense there! Israel Demario charged in rather forcefully in the 96th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Israel Demario the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. With a little luck, Lanus United AC's Prudencio Celio got control of the ball when Benjamin Reno tried to sneak it across the goal line. Danilo Sanduru showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Baldomiro Iratxo in the 99th minute of the match. For all the effort they put into the match, the Lokomotiv Bs. As. players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Lanus United AC.