League Play-Off

Tajuya Estadio
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cordairo Hernandez took the kick off in the first half of the match. A hard shot by Nastasio Abrego from long distance, 8 minutes into the match, got Florentino Cabrera's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Madaleno De Toro in the 10th minute of play forced Tajuya's goalkeeper Celedonio Huerta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 14th minute, Leandro Saez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bernal Perpiñán received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Florentino Cabrera came out and tried to block the shot, but Bernal Perpiñán slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 16th minute. 19 minutes into the game, Leandro Saez was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Tajuya's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Helechal the free kick. After a rather tough play, Tajuya's Leandro Saez got a free kick in the 19th minute. Madaleno De Toro struck a weak shot in the 27th minute. Celedonio Huerta didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Helechal. The audience was convinced that Cordairo Hernandez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Celedonio Huerta was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cordairo Hernandez in the 31st minute of play forced Tajuya's goalkeeper Celedonio Huerta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Enrique Palanques came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the Tajuya 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 Enrique Palanques couldn't finish the play. Cordairo Hernandez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Celedonio Huerta tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Celedonio Huerta didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Madaleno De Toro went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 42nd minute, Veremundo Tobias hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 45 minutes, Cordairo Hernandez managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Helechal's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cordairo Hernandez was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bernal Perpiñán stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Helechal's Cordairo Hernandez in the 54th minute got a chance for a shot 54th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Tajuya's goalie prevented a goal. Cordairo Hernandez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Arnaldo Cabrera charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Arnaldo Cabrera the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 60 played minutes, Tajuya's Nastasio Abrego shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Florentino Cabrera came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Tajuya reached it. Tristan Labarra hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Tajuya's defense didn't have a chance, in the 62nd minute, when Madaleno De Toro scored to the left of an out of position Celedonio Huerta, making the score, 1-2. Enrique Palanques fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Florentino Cabrera having to interfere. 72 minutes into the game, Jesús Cao was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Tajuya's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Helechal the free kick. Jesús Cao kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. When the match clock showed 75 minutes, the score became 1-3 when Cordairo Hernandez sped through Tajuya's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Celedonio Huerta. 78 minutes into the match, Helechal's Madaleno De Toro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Celedonio Huerta narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 84 played minutes Helechal got a freekick which was hit by Arnaldo Cabrera. With his leg Celedonio Huerta managed to avoid a goal in the 87thth minute, when Helechal's Madaleno De Toro fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cordairo Hernandez in the 96th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Celedonio Huerta prevented the ball from getting in the gole.