League Play-Off

Belén
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Belén AFC's Teobaldo Eskuin started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 2 minutes into the game, Dante Peio was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Cafayate's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Belén AFC the free kick. After 5 minutes of play, Cafayate's Artemio Tancredo made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Romulo Soter was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 12th minute, Teobaldo Eskuin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Teobaldo Eskuin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Emilio Evarado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 21 minutes into the game, Armando Eufrasio was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Cafayate's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Belén AFC the free kick. Armando Eufrasio hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Teobaldo Eskuin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Emilio Evarado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Belén AFC's David Acevedo got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Desiderio Lawrence, 34 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 some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Teobaldo Eskuin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Belén AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Teobaldo Eskuin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Emilio Evarado breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Dante Peio hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. After having played for 43 minutes, Cosme Diagur managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cafayate's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cosme Diagur was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to Belén AFC getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. David Acevedo hit a great ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cosme Diagur to make the kick off. Emilio Evarado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Denis Kinsen in the 52nd minute of play. Denis Kinsen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emilio Evarado having to interfere. Teobaldo Eskuin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Emilio Evarado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 70 minutes into the game, Basilio Paulin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Cafayate's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Belén AFC the free kick. In the 72nd minute Cosme Diagur shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Romulo Soter saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dante Peio kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. Teobaldo Eskuin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Emilio Evarado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Cafayate's Desiderio Lawrence got a free kick in the 80th minute. 85 minutes into the game, Teobaldo Eskuin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Emilio Evarado was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Denis Kinsen recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 89th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Cosme Diagur received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Romulo Soter tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cosme Diagur sent away a hard shot on goal in the 98th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.