League Play-Off

Estadio Balde
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Elvio Mercurio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Geronimo Caradaro in the 12th minute of play. Balde AFC's Elvio Mercurio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rogelio Maxin in the 15th minute of play. With a little luck, La Rotonda de Posadas's Cipriano Tanio got control of the ball when Cipriano Uzuri tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 26th minute, La Rotonda de Posadas's Jonatan Ramond seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Jonatan Ramond the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of La Rotonda de Posadas protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Jonatan Ramond had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Maximo Leizarraga charged in rather forcefully in the 32nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Maximo Leizarraga the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Balde AFC booed when La Rotonda de Posadas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Maximo Leizarraga didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, La Rotonda de Posadas's Orlando Tolino got a free kick in the 34th minute. Cipriano Tanio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cipriano Uzuri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The throw-in from Melquiades Hartz in the 43rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Balde AFC's Ladislao Benat. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cipriano Uzuri got free with Cipriano Tanio in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 46 minutes into the match, La Rotonda de Posadas's goalkeeper Cipriano Tanio had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Victoriano Raebert. The audience was convinced that Cipriano Uzuri's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cipriano Tanio was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. Orlando Tolino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cipriano Uzuri to make the kick off. Mateo Guipuzkoa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cipriano Tanio having to interfere. 56 minutes into the match, Balde AFC's goalkeeper Elvio Mercurio had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Geronimo Caradaro. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mateo Guipuzkoa in the 59th minute of play forced La Rotonda de Posadas's goalkeeper Cipriano Tanio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Elvio Mercurio made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Orlando Tolino sent off a good shot on target. In the 65th minute, Geronimo Caradaro reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Elvio Mercurio. The goal made the score 1-1. After 68 played minutes La Rotonda de Posadas got a freekick which was hit by Rogelio Maxin. 71 minutes into the game, Melquiades Hartz threw the ball into play from the sideline. Balde AFC's Froilan Gaur quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 78 minutes into the match, La Rotonda de Posadas's goal looked a bit too open when Cipriano Uzuri came free, but Cipriano Tanio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Melquiades Hartz made in the 90th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Balde AFC's Froilan Gaur. 93 minutes into the match, La Rotonda de Posadas's goal looked a bit too open when Cipriano Uzuri came free, but Cipriano Tanio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Celso Luzea hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. The Balde AFC manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing La Rotonda de Posadas to win.