League Play-Off

Estadio Mecia Toso
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Valentin Salvino made the kick off which started today's match. The audience was convinced that Valentin Salvino's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Santos Rexino was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. 9 minutes into the match, El Ventarron's Valentin Salvino sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Santos Rexino narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Santos Rexino made a fantastic save in the 11th minute, when Feliberto Nabar sent off a good shot on target. Tomas Ledesma might have been able to make a better finish in the 14th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Domingo Mateus. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomas Ledesma ran back to his position shaking his head. Santos Rexino showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valentin Salvino, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Tomas Ledesma charged in rather forcefully in the 18th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tomas Ledesma the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Zapallar getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Tomas Ledesma hit a great ball. After 21 played minutes El Ventarron got a freekick which was hit by Danilo Diaz. 25 minutes into the match, Zapallar's goalkeeper Santos Rexino had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Danilo Diaz. El Ventarron's Domingo Mateus played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Javier Salvidor in the 28th minute of play. In the 30th minute, David Min left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Zapallar fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Feliberto Nabar managed to get in a good position for a shot. El Ventarron's supporters rose to their feet, but Feliberto Nabar was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Santos Rexino breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 41st minute of the game Mauricio Macario made a throw-in which Rigoberto Rioja played forward. Feliberto Nabar came free with the goalkeeper in the 47th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Santos Rexino could save by the left post. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and David Min made a kick off. Domingo Mateus made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Ledesma in the 52nd minute. In the 53rd minute, Cristian Orlan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Erubiel Garcia, 54 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. After a rather tough play, Zapallar's Samuel Beila got a free kick in the 56th minute. In the 57th minute the ball was on its way in behind Zapallar's goalkeeper Santos Rexino, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Valentin Salvino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Santos Rexino having to interfere. Mauricio Macario made in the 69th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by El Ventarron's Morgan Lavisse. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tomas Ledesma got free with Domingo Mateus in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 73rd minute Feliberto Nabar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santos Rexino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Zapallar's zone, Danilo Diaz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Santos Rexino came out of the goal and Danilo Diaz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of El Ventarron booed when Zapallar was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tomas Ledesma didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 83rd match minute, Zapallar was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomas Ledesma to maneuver through the defense. After 85 minutes of play, El Ventarron's Valentin Salvino made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Santos Rexino was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Valentin Salvino in the 88th minute of play forced Zapallar's goalkeeper Santos Rexino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If David Min had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Domingo Mateus came out of the goal in the 95th minute to try and stop a shot by Zapallar's Samuel Beila. But to his dismay, Samuel Beila quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-2. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. El Ventarron fully deserved thier win.