League Play-Off

Juan Roman Riquelme
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Come Gato's Paulus Coeckelberghs got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Ladislao Udalaitz came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the Come Gato 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 Ladislao Udalaitz couldn't finish the play. 12 minutes into the match, Paulus Coeckelberghs had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nicasio Espiridion. Campodónico AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Paulus Coeckelberghs was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Paulus Coeckelberghs in the 21st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Nicasio Espiridion prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Mario Aires struck a weak shot in the 22nd minute. Nicasio Espiridion didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Come Gato. When Come Gato's Paulus Coeckelberghs in the 23rd minute got a chance for a shot 23rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Campodónico AFC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 31st match minute, Come Gato was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ovidio Ermano to maneuver through the defense. Mario Aires's late challenge caught a Campodónico AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mario Aires helped the player get up and apologised. In the 32nd minute, Mario Aires hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulus Coeckelberghs in the 35th minute of play forced Campodónico AFC's goalkeeper Nicasio Espiridion to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 36th minute, Mario Aires 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. In the 37th minute, Paulus Coeckelberghs 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. Paulus Coeckelberghs received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Nicasio Espiridion tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Paulus Coeckelberghs received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Nicasio Espiridion tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Paulus Coeckelberghs 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. Teobaldo Saturnin hit a great freekick 48 minutes into the match. In the 49th minute, Ladislao Udalaitz sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Campodónico AFC's Nicasio Espiridion didn't even have to move. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Honorio Hotz made a kick off. Mario Aires took the ball and in the 56 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nicasio Espiridion. Nicasio Espiridion dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Nicasio Espiridion made an important save on a dangerous shot by Paulus Coeckelberghs in the 62nd minute. In the 63rd minute, Mario Aires 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. 65 minutes into the match, Paulus Coeckelberghs notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Campodónico AFC's Nicasio Espiridion. Nicasio Espiridion was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 68 played minutes Come Gato got a freekick which was hit by Mario Aires. Mario Aires received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Nicasio Espiridion tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 74 minutes of play, Come Gato's Paulus Coeckelberghs made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nicasio Espiridion was left in no man's land by his defense there! Braulio Hegoi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Zeledon Gorosti tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nicasio Espiridion made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Paulus Coeckelberghs sent off a good shot on target. Paulus Coeckelberghs had several of the Campodónico AFC's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 83 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-5 score and a disappointed Nicasio Espiridion as he didn't even see the shot coming. After 87th play minutes Paulus Coeckelberghs shot 0-6, a short shot which went by Nicasio Espiridion and just under the crossbar into goal. If Paulus Coeckelberghs had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Paulus Coeckelberghs scored 0-7 in the 94th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nicasio Espiridion, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Come Gato played a much better game than Campodónico AFC and deserved their victory. The Campodónico AFC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.