League Play-Off

Aráoz
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Lucas Hotz started the match with the kick off. Matias Tajo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edgard Erramu in the 9th minute. Lucas Hotz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Gaspar Fernandes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 18 minutes into the match, Virreyes AFC's Edelmiro Roano sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gaspar Fernandes narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Edgard Erramu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Matias Tajo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Edelmiro Roano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Gaspar Fernandes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Virreyes AFC booed when Aráoz was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Florencio Txeru didn't get a good kick on the ball. Emilio Magdaleno fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gaspar Fernandes having to interfere. A collision led to Aráoz getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Edgard Erramu hit a great ball. In the 41st minute Lucas Hotz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gaspar Fernandes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 42 minutes into the match, Aráoz's goal looked a bit too open when Edelmiro Roano came free, but Gaspar Fernandes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Matias Tajo didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 43rd minute, which inside left pole to 1-1. After a defensive mix-up in Virreyes AFC's zone, Sebastian Loi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Matias Tajo came out of the goal and Sebastian Loi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Sebastian Loi to strike the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Sebastian Loi notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Virreyes AFC's Matias Tajo. Matias Tajo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Edgard Erramu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Virreyes AFC's Matias Tajo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edgard Erramu in the 58th minute of play. Sebastian Loi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Matias Tajo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 59th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucas Hotz in the 61st minute of play forced Aráoz's goalkeeper Gaspar Fernandes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sebastian Loi scored 3-1 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Matias Tajo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Sebastian Loi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 75 minutes into the match, Virreyes AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Edgard Erramu came free, but Matias Tajo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Matias Tajo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edgard Erramu in the 77th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sebastian Loi in the 78th minute of play forced Virreyes AFC's goalkeeper Matias Tajo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lucas Hotz's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gaspar Fernandes read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 82nd minute of play. Ceferino Oskarbi kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Lucas Hotz kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Gaspar Fernandes. That made the score 3-2 in the 85 minute of play. After 89 minutes of play, Virreyes AFC's Edelmiro Roano made it 3-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gaspar Fernandes was left in no man's land by his defense there! 99 minutes into the match, Aráoz's goalkeeper Gaspar Fernandes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Edelmiro Roano. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.