League Play-Off

Casita Feliz
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Flavio Artizar started the match with the kick off. Rogelio Arce took the ball and in the 3 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Adolfo Senio. Adolfo Senio dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Adolfo Senio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rogelio Arce in the 7th minute of the match. 10 minutes into the game, Aguita de Mancos's Flavio Artizar nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ramon Malvin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. When Colón de Santa Fe's Rogelio Arce, in the 14th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Colón de Santa Fe. In the 16th match minute, Aguita de Mancos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ovidio Clodio to maneuver through the defense. Aristides Ordono 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 Adolfo Senio. Aguita de Mancos's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 20 minutes into the game, Rogelio Arce was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Colón de Santa Fe's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Aguita de Mancos the free kick. Flavio Artizar might have been able to make a better finish in the 21st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ramon Malvin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Flavio Artizar ran back to his position shaking his head. After a rather tough play, Colón de Santa Fe's Juan Porfirio got a free kick in the 22nd minute. A hard shot 24 in the game by Flavio Artizar from a close distance when the talented Ramon Malvin managed to make a qualified save. Colón de Santa Fe's players were relieved. In the 26th minute Mauricio Licerio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adolfo Senio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ramon Malvin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ovidio Clodio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Aguita de Mancos's Gaudencio Micael got a free kick in the 37th minute. Adolfo Senio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mauricio Licerio in the 41st minute of the match. After 41 minutes, Ovidio Clodio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Aguita de Mancos and the Colón de Santa Fe players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Aguita de Mancos getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Ovidio Clodio hit a great ball. Rogelio Arce recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 42nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mauricio Licerio stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mauricio Licerio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adolfo Senio having to interfere. Teofilo Lonzo hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. In the 59th minute, Flavio Artizar 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. Ramon Malvin came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by Aguita de Mancos's Rolando Nofre. But to his dismay, Rolando Nofre quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Adolfo Senio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mauricio Licerio in the 65th minute of the match. 69 minutes into the game, Antonio Naike was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Colón de Santa Fe's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Aguita de Mancos the free kick. 72 minutes into the match, Aguita de Mancos's goalkeeper Adolfo Senio had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Antonio Naike. If Alejandro Victoro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 79th match minute, Colón de Santa Fe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aristides Ordono to maneuver through the defense. Flavio Artizar recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 81st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Adolfo Senio made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Rogelio Arce sent off a good shot on target. Through an outstanding action, after 85 minutes, Adolfo Senio successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rolando Nofre in the 91st minute of play forced Colón de Santa Fe's goalkeeper Ramon Malvin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Flavio Artizar managed to get in a good position for a shot. Aguita de Mancos's supporters rose to their feet, but Flavio Artizar was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ramon Malvin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.