League Play-Off

Balderrama
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Ariel Crispo started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Guido Koldobika in the 18th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Benedicto Pietro prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Guido Koldobika received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Benedicto Pietro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Benedicto Pietro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guido Koldobika in the 24th minute of the match. El Alesi F.C.'s Fabian Ezkerra suffered a torn muscle in his foot after 25 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Natalio Matro's late challenge caught a El Alesi F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Natalio Matro helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Deportivo Esperanza getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Natalio Matro hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, El Alesi F.C.'s Alejo Acosta got a free kick in the 28th minute. Benedicto Pietro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alejo Acosta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 39 minutes into the match, Guido Koldobika notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Deportivo Esperanza's Benedicto Pietro. Benedicto Pietro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After the first half El Alesi F.C. were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Guido Koldobika stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Guido Koldobikas short, quick shot in the 54thth minute got Benedicto Pietro to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ariel Crispo in the 56th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Benicio Kinsen prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Benicio Kinsen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ariel Crispo in the 65th minute of play. 67 minutes into the match, Pablo Barto had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Benicio Kinsen. El Alesi F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pablo Barto was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. The audience was convinced that Pablo Barto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benicio Kinsen was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. In the 75th minute Pablo Barto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benicio Kinsen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Guido Koldobika received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Benedicto Pietro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Albano Bibiano fell near the penalty area in the 78th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Deportivo Esperanza's protests and gave Albano Bibiano a yellow card for diving instead. In the 81st minute, Artemio Ixidor 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Guido Koldobika got free with Benedicto Pietro in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Deportivo Esperanza getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Eulalio Evis hit a great ball. If Alejo Acosta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Guido Koldobika sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Guido Koldobika received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Benedicto Pietro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alejo Acosta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benedicto Pietro having to interfere. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.