League Play-Off

OPERYS
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Alfonso Hernando kicked off to start the match. The audience was convinced that Leonides Munio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Edgard Arias was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. Justino Derwin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Conrado Tiniebra's shot from short distance in the 6th minute. Vinicio Perico succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 11th playminute. Justino Derwin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfonso Hernando in the 15th minute of the match. Teobaldo Goiz took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 18th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Justino Derwin. OPERYS F.C's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. With a little luck, Yacuchina AFC's Edgard Arias got control of the ball when Vinicio Perico tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Yacuchina AFC's zone, Leonides Munio stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Edgard Arias came out of the goal and Leonides Munio tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee felt a red card was in order, 23 minutes into the game, when Florencio Abalos put in a rough tackle. After 22 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Yacuchina AFC! The referee gave OPERYS F.C a penalty, 25 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Vicente Bingen, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Yacuchina AFC's Edgard Arias. 2-0. Edgard Arias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonides Munio, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Conrado Tiniebra charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Conrado Tiniebra the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. OPERYS F.C's Paulino Guib was substituted for Federico Regis. In the 36th match minute, Yacuchina AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Conrado Tiniebra to maneuver through the defense. Edgard Arias made a fantastic save in the 38th minute, when Vinicio Perico sent off a good shot on target. After 39 played minutes Yacuchina AFC got a freekick which was hit by Eustacio Luke. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Edgard Arias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vicente Bingen, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Vinicio Perico received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Edgard Arias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 72nd minute, Vinicio Perico 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. Edgard Arias took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vinicio Perico, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Yacuchina AFC defense, Vinicio Perico kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Edgard Arias. The Yacuchina AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Edgard Arias should have stopped the shot. Vinicio Perico received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Edgard Arias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 94 minutes, Leonides Munio made it 5-0 with a short kick to the right side. Yacuchina AFC's Edgard Arias tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. OPERYS F.C walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.