League Play-Off

El Cilindro
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Ceferino Niva took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jimeno Venerando, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Orlando Hanot during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Racing Club getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Orlando Hanot hit a great ball. In the 6th minute, Jimeno Venerando left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Gimnasia L.P. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After 12 played minutes Racing Club got a freekick which was hit by Tomas Misael. In the 13th minute, Constantino Liher made a precise shot to the right of Ceferino Niva. Racing Club's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Silvano Flor during the 15th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Racing Club booed when Gimnasia L.P. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Silvano Flor didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Orlando Hanot came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the Racing Club 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 Orlando Hanot couldn't finish the play. In the 22nd match minute, Racing Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bonifacio Elorri to maneuver through the defense. Fidel Baumer made in the 24th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Paolo Fernandez however managed to control. The supporters of Gimnasia L.P. booed when Racing Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Orlando Hanot didn't get a good kick on the ball. Albano Aztore made an important save on a dangerous shot by Orlando Hanot in the 30th minute. The supporters of Gimnasia L.P. booed when Racing Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Isidro Bihar didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Luis Frascuelo during the 34th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Luis Frascuelo hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. When the match clock showed 36 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Jimeno Venerando sped through Racing Club's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ceferino Niva. The audience thought a goal was coming when Isidro Bihar got free with Albano Aztore in the 40th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Orlando Hanot got free with Albano Aztore in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Racing Club's Ceferino Niva played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jimeno Venerando in the 42nd minute of play. 44 minutes into the match, Jimeno Venerando had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ceferino Niva. Racing Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jimeno Venerando was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Martin Gorbea lost his temper 48 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card.

The wind increased when Jimeno Venerando made the kick off in the second half. In the 59th minute, Gimnasia L.P.'s Placido Ceandro dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-5. In the 65th minute, Osvaldo Fanuco ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Albano Aztore was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-5. Felix Piearres could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Ceferino Niva made a huge save. Ceferino Niva showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jimeno Venerando, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Ceferino Niva was out of position in the 72 minute of play, and Jimeno Venerando capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Jimeno Venerando really showed his touch with that goal: 2-6. Marcelino Nuno hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. In the 79th minute, Jimeno Venerando 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 a rather tough play, Gimnasia L.P.'s Placido Ceandro got a free kick in the 81st minute. Ceferino Niva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Placido Ceandro in the 84th minute of play. In the 99th minute, Horacio Dolfo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Chants of Gimnasia L.P. echoed around the stadium as the match drew to a close. Supporters and players were both delighted with the win, as Racing Club had held the ball for most of the match.