League Play-Off

Astros Argentinos
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Alejandro Glaría took the kick off in the first half of the match. Santos Felipillo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Ediberto Righi made a huge save. Tobias Faro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alejandro Glaría, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alejandro Glaría in the 11th minute of play forced Social y Dep. Patagonia's goalkeeper Tobias Faro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 12th minute of the match lןןl La Coconeta got a corner. Social y Dep. Patagonia's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Javier Sanguinetti ran over to the corner to take the kick. lןןl La Coconeta's Javier Sanguinetti was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Tobias Faro in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After some fancy dribbling in the 13th minute, Alejandro Cabrera managed to get in a good position for a shot. lןןl La Coconeta's supporters rose to their feet, but Alejandro Cabrera was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tobias Faro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a little luck, lןןl La Coconeta's Ediberto Righi got control of the ball when Santos Felipillo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Tobias Faro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guido Alvarenga in the 19th minute of the match. 22 minutes into the match, Social y Dep. Patagonia's goal looked a bit too open when Guido Alvarenga came free, but Tobias Faro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tobias Faro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alejandro Glaría, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Alejandro Glaría's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tobias Faro was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. 37 minutes into the match, lןןl La Coconeta's goal looked a bit too open when Severo Laurgain came free, but Ediberto Righi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of lןןl La Coconeta booed when Social y Dep. Patagonia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Severo Laurgain didn't get a good kick on the ball. Social y Dep. Patagonia's Arnaldo Bastia was substituted for Santos Felipillo. In the 44th match minute, Social y Dep. Patagonia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Severo Laurgain to maneuver through the defense. lןןl La Coconeta's Ediberto Righi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 46th minute of the match, managed to save lןןl La Coconeta from getting a goal against them. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Severo Laurgain to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute the ball was on its way in behind lןןl La Coconeta's goalkeeper Ediberto Righi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Social y Dep. Patagonia's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Modesto Lehen in the 52nd minute. Alejandro Glaría fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tobias Faro having to interfere. A sloppy throw-in by Luciano Lollo in the 59th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Social y Dep. Patagonia's Arnaldo Bastia. Social y Dep. Patagonia made a substitution. Lázaro Gau replaced Anastasio Jaen. Tobias Faro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jorge Jiménez in the 74th minute of the match. Nicolás Domingo might have been able to make a better finish in the 77th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tobias Faro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nicolás Domingo ran back to his position shaking his head. Tobias Faro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicolás Domingo in the 78th minute of play. After having played for 82 minutes, Natalio Mergildo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Social y Dep. Patagonia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Natalio Mergildo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tobias Faro was out of position in the 85 minute of play, and Jorge Jiménez capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Jorge Jiménez really showed his touch with that goal: 0-1. A throw-in in the 88th minute of the game was made by Luciano Lollo with Martin Payero as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jorge Jiménez got free with Tobias Faro in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.