League Play-Off

Estadio Loncopué
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Fabio Nardo got the match started through his kick off. When Armando Naelio fell near the penalty area in the 3rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored La Española F.C.'s protests and gave Armando Naelio a yellow card for diving instead. Armando Naelio hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Ruben Argenis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Godfredo Casado went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. An unexpected shot in the 14th minute by Raimundo Urtun got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Ruben Argenis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lisandro Petrigai in the 19th minute of the match. After 20 played minutes deportivo ska-p got a freekick which was hit by Raimundo Urtun. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lisandro Petrigai in the 23rd minute of play forced deportivo ska-p's goalkeeper Ruben Argenis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 24th minute, Esteban Ferrando hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. deportivo ska-p's Ruben Argenis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roberto Cai in the 28th minute of play. After 31 minutes of play, La Española F.C.'s Fabio Nardo made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ruben Argenis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ruben Argenis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabio Nardo, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. After a rather tough play, deportivo ska-p's Hipolito Costante got a free kick in the 38th minute. 41 minutes into the match, Lisandro Petrigai had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ruben Argenis. deportivo ska-p's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lisandro Petrigai was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. After a rather tough play, deportivo ska-p's Esteban Ferrando got a free kick in the 43rd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Felix Rehepap during the 47th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 47 played minutes deportivo ska-p got a freekick which was hit by Felix Rehepap. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Felix Rehepap stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Felix Rehepap's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gustavo Mingo was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. Fausto Bidun made in the 56th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by deportivo ska-p's Alonzo Boniel. If Lisandro Petrigai had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ruben Argenis made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Fabio Nardo sent off a good shot on target. The supporters of La Española F.C. booed when deportivo ska-p was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Raimundo Urtun didn't get a good kick on the ball. Danilo Hori made in the 81st minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Armando Naelio however managed to control. In the 86th minute, Cornelio Sabino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 89 played minutes La Española F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Luis Veto. Gustavo Mingo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felix Rehepap in the 90th minute of play. Julian Sasoin hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. The La Española F.C. supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing La Española F.C. would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.