League Play-Off

Despedida
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jaime Oliverio took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Despedida getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Clemente Tonio hit a great ball. Valentin Lartaun took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 6th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Hilario Azubeli. Despedida's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Hilario Azubeli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santos Chesus in the 8th minute of play. A collision led to Despedida getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Ricardo Blasco hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Jaime Oliverio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hilario Azubeli was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. 12 minutes into the match, Pehuelches's goalkeeper Jimeno Asur had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Niceto Telesforo. Jimeno Asur showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Herminio Jaunti, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Niceto Telesforo might have been able to make a better finish in the 18th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jimeno Asur. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Niceto Telesforo ran back to his position shaking his head. 21 minutes into the game, Despedida's Herminio Jaunti nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jimeno Asur made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. The crowd rose to their feet as Despedida's Herminio Jaunti slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jimeno Asur. That made the score 2-0 after 29 minutes of play. Eugenio Tino recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 38th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Herminio Jaunti received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Jimeno Asur tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jeremias Hondo kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. 45 minutes had been played when some careless play by Pehuelches's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gavino Gomez was slow to take the kick. During this time Despedida's players had a chance to rest. Ricardo Blasco made a great header on Despedida's corner, it was just that Pehuelches's Jimeno Asur managed to reach the ball for a save. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

After some fancy dribbling in the 56th minute, Jaime Oliverio managed to get in a good position for a shot. Pehuelches's supporters rose to their feet, but Jaime Oliverio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hilario Azubeli breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 59th minute Jaime Oliverio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hilario Azubeli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 64 minutes into the match, Despedida's goal looked a bit too open when Jaime Oliverio came free, but Hilario Azubeli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The long shot by Valentin Lartaun in the 67th minute really tested Hilario Azubeli's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Jimeno Asur showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niceto Telesforo in the 77th minute of the match. Despedida's Niceto Telesforo got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Niceto Telesforo scored 3-1 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jimeno Asur, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. For all the effort they put into the match, the Pehuelches players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Despedida.