League Play-Off

Juan Carlos Olave
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Octavio Beliran kicked off to start the match. João Adolfo Lopez had in the 6thth minute some difficulties stopping Octavio Beliran's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. If Manuel Gombal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Arnaldo Silveira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. João Adolfo Lopez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 12th minute, Octavio Beliran left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The S de Chivilcoy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Octavio Beliran in the 15th minute of play forced Belgrano de Córdoba's goalkeeper João Adolfo Lopez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Octavio Beliran received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. João Adolfo Lopez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Belgrano de Córdoba's Luis Fliz suffered a sprained foot after 18 minutes and couldn't finish the game. When Arnaldo Silveira fell near the penalty area in the 18th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored S de Chivilcoy's protests and gave Arnaldo Silveira a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, S de Chivilcoy's Eduardo Sergi got a free kick in the 20th minute. When Orlando Cloyo was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 23 minutes had been played. In a very dangerous position, a player in Belgrano de Córdoba fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 23rd minute. Penalty! Octavio Beliran shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. In the 31st minute, Manuel Gombal 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. 34 minutes into the match, S de Chivilcoy's Arnaldo Silveira sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that João Adolfo Lopez narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 35th match minute, Belgrano de Córdoba was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Celso Valente to maneuver through the defense. Venancio Merexildo hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manuel Gombal in the 40th minute of play forced Belgrano de Córdoba's goalkeeper João Adolfo Lopez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arnaldo Silveira recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 41st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Arnaldo Silveira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without João Adolfo Lopez having to interfere. Octavio Beliran sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arnaldo Silveira in the 46th minute of play forced Belgrano de Córdoba's goalkeeper João Adolfo Lopez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Celso Valente made a kick off. Arnaldo Silveira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without João Adolfo Lopez having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Octavio Beliran in the 58th minute of play forced Belgrano de Córdoba's goalkeeper João Adolfo Lopez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Manuel Gombal recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 60th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Octavio Beliran could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but João Adolfo Lopez made a huge save. In the 70th minute, Octavio Beliran 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. Octavio Beliran received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. João Adolfo Lopez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Belgrano de Córdoba's zone, Octavio Beliran stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. João Adolfo Lopez came out of the goal and Octavio Beliran tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Octavio Beliran sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 81st minute, Ahmet Ali Ferhat reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of João Adolfo Lopez. The goal made the score 0-3. Belgrano de Córdoba's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Octavio Beliran 84 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-4. Arnaldo Silveira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arnaldo Silveira in the 92nd minute of play forced Belgrano de Córdoba's goalkeeper João Adolfo Lopez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 94th minute, Romulo Cristofor 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. When the final whistle sounded S de Chivilcoy left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Belgrano de Córdoba.