League Play-Off

Estadio Maipú
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Niceto Lucian made the kick off which started today's match. Anier Gustau charged in rather forcefully in the 2nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Anier Gustau the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 2nd minute, Anier Gustau hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Erubiel Franco missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 4 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Sixto Diagur right hand side. Niceto Lucian received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Jairo Efraim tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Dantesco fans' excitement grew in the 13th match minute when Dantesco's Alejo Berbiz looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 17 minutes into the game, Dantesco's Fabio Froylan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sixto Diagur made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. The audience was convinced that Alejo Berbiz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sixto Diagur was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. 23 minutes into the match, Dantesco's goal looked a bit too open when Niceto Lucian came free, but Jairo Efraim reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Maipú's Niceto Lucian got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Sixto Diagur showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alejo Berbiz in the 27th minute of the match. After 31 played minutes Maipú got a freekick which was hit by Alfonso Garikoitz. After a rather tough play, Maipú's Niceto Lucian got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Nicolas Cisco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Sixto Diagur tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 45 minutes, Alejo Berbiz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Dantesco's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alejo Berbiz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Niceto Lucian had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Alejo Berbiz made a kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Maipú's zone, Alejo Berbiz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sixto Diagur came out of the goal and Alejo Berbiz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 57th minute, Niceto Lucian 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. In the 60th minute, one of Maipú:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Maipú. Maipú's Sixto Diagur played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alejo Berbiz in the 71st minute of play. In the 77th minute, Anier Gustau hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dantesco's Andres Abascal couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 78th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Maipú. Sixto Diagur came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by Dantesco's Nicolas Cisco. But to his dismay, Nicolas Cisco quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. Maipú's Sixto Diagur played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alejo Berbiz in the 85th minute of play. Thanks to some nice moves Nicolas Cisco could shoot a difficult shot in the 87th minute, which Sixto Diagur however easily saved by the left post. In the 88th minute, Anier Gustau hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Dantesco's Andres Abascal tried to score from far away in the 89th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alejo Berbiz got free with Sixto Diagur in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Erubiel Franco charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Erubiel Franco the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Erubiel Franco hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. Dantesco's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.