League Play-Off

Angel Tulio Zof
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) In the 2nd match minute, Central was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Giovani Lo Celso to maneuver through the defense. Consejo del Mate's Hugo Orlando Gatti proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Consejo del Mate from getting a goal against them. When Bolo Bolaño came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the Consejo del Mate 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 Bolo Bolaño couldn't finish the play. In the 14th minute Fagildo Pamanes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Salih Orus saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 25 minutes into the match, Consejo del Mate's goal looked a bit too open when Giovani Lo Celso came free, but Hugo Orlando Gatti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luisito Quintan succeeded in the game's 26th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-2. Consejo del Mate's Hugo Orlando Gatti played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gelu Nicolau in the 29th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fagildo Pamanes in the 30th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Salih Orus saved Central from getting behind. Hugo Orlando Gatti made an important save on a dangerous shot by Giovani Lo Celso in the 32nd minute. In the 34thth minute of the game Julio Kemen who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Central's Salih Orus was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a little luck, Consejo del Mate's Hugo Orlando Gatti got control of the ball when Giovani Lo Celso tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fagildo Pamanes in the 39th minute of play forced Central's goalkeeper Salih Orus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 44 minutes into the game, Giovani Lo Celso recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Hugo Orlando Gatti. Giovani Lo Celso showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-2. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Luisito Quintan made the kick off in the second half. Hugo Orlando Gatti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giovani Lo Celso in the 51st minute of the match. If Fagildo Pamanes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Consejo del Mate booed when Central was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Celso Santxol didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gelu Nicolau might have been able to make a better finish in the 57th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hugo Orlando Gatti. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gelu Nicolau ran back to his position shaking his head. 57 minutes into the match, Consejo del Mate's goal looked a bit too open when Gelu Nicolau came free, but Hugo Orlando Gatti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Central getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Cipriano Rolado hit a great ball. With his leg Salih Orus managed to avoid a goal in the 61stth minute, when Consejo del Mate's Julio Kemen fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Julio Kemen had several of the Central's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 61 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-3 score and a disappointed Salih Orus as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 64th minute, Bolo Bolaño got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 66 played minutes, Central's Eugenio Vermudo shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Hugo Orlando Gatti 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 Central reached it. In the 68th minute Giovani Lo Celso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hugo Orlando Gatti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fagildo Pamanes in the 72nd minute of play forced Central's goalkeeper Salih Orus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hugo Orlando Gatti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cipriano Rolado, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Fagildo Pamanes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Central's Salih Orus proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save Central from getting a goal against them. Salih Orus made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fagildo Pamanes in the 81st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fagildo Pamanes in the 81st minute of play forced Central's goalkeeper Salih Orus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Salih Orus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fagildo Pamanes, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. After 81st play minutes Bolo Bolaño shot 2-4, a short shot which went by Salih Orus and just under the crossbar into goal. Celso Santxol kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. When the match clock showed 92 minutes, the score became 2-5 when Bolo Bolaño sped through Central's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Salih Orus. Consejo del Mate's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.