League Play-Off

Estadio Durazno
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind Tunal FC's goalkeeper Erubiel Vela, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jeronimo Tajo kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. Zacarias Javiero charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Zacarias Javiero the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Tunal FC's Danilo Tono got a free kick in the 15th minute. In the 17th minute of the match Durazno got a corner. Tunal FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Eustacio Cordara ran over to the corner to take the kick. Durazno's Paulino Salvidor was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Erubiel Vela in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 21st minute Nereo Filipo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cosme Barea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cosme Barea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hugo Chayo in the 23rd minute of the match. Nereo Filipo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nereo Filipo in the 26th minute of play forced Durazno's goalkeeper Cosme Barea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 28th minute, Gavino Piearres hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 30 minutes, Baltasar Goren mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tunal FC and the Durazno players grew even worse after the yellow card. When the match had been going on for 31 minutes, Durazno's Eustacio Cordara got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Erubiel Vela. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Eusebio Laffitte managed to get in a good position for a shot. Durazno's supporters rose to their feet, but Eusebio Laffitte was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Erubiel Vela breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 47th minute, Eusebio Laffitte fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Eusebio Laffitte to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Eusebio Laffitte made a precise shot to the right of Erubiel Vela. Tunal FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. If Eusebio Laffitte had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cosme Barea made a fantastic save in the 63rd minute, when Nereo Filipo sent off a good shot on target. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alvaro Afonso during the 64th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 64th match minute, Durazno was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alvaro Afonso to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Tunal FC booed when Durazno was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alvaro Afonso didn't get a good kick on the ball. Erubiel Vela made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eusebio Laffitte in the 76th minute of play. Angel Otsando charged in rather forcefully in the 78th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Angel Otsando the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Durazno getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Angel Otsando hit a great ball. Erubiel Vela showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Angel Otsando, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Hugo Chayo did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-1 to the left of a surprised Cosme Barea 86 minutes into the match. After 94 played minutes, Durazno's Leo Sendoa shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Erubiel Vela 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 Durazno reached it. Nereo Filipo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 96th minute of the match, but Cosme Barea made a huge save. Durazno were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Tunal FC for a fine match.