League Play-Off

Estadio Chacaicó
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) After 4 minutes, Emilio Polo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Santamarina FC and the Chacaicó players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Santamarina FC getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Emilio Polo hit a great ball. Timoteo Columbo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Clemente Mannuel having to make a save. After 10 played minutes Chacaicó got a freekick which was hit by Nemesio Eutropio. Nemesio Eutropio hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. After having played for 14 minutes, Andres Beturian managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Santamarina FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Andres Beturian was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nemesio Eutropio during the 15th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. With a little luck, Santamarina FC's Clemente Mannuel got control of the ball when Jorge Bermudo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nereo Lluterio charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nereo Lluterio the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 28th minute, Nereo Lluterio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Julian Tristan scored 0-1 in the 29th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Teodosio Sasoin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 32 minutes into the game, Lázaro Deunoro was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Santamarina FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Chacaicó the free kick. After 32 played minutes Santamarina FC got a freekick which was hit by Lázaro Deunoro. After having played for 34 minutes, Nemesio Eutropio managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Chacaicó's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nemesio Eutropio was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to Chacaicó getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Nemesio Eutropio hit a great ball. Timoteo Columbo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Clemente Mannuel having to interfere. Timoteo Columbo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Jorge Bermudo came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the Chacaicó fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jorge Bermudo couldn't finish the play. In the 44th match minute, Santamarina FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zeledon Valerio to maneuver through the defense. If Jorge Bermudo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jorge Bermudo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jorge Bermudo's late challenge caught a Santamarina FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jorge Bermudo helped the player get up and apologised. In the 57th match minute, Chacaicó was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jorge Bermudo to maneuver through the defense. Clemente Mannuel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jorge Bermudo in the 60th minute of the match. Andres Beturian received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Teodosio Sasoin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Timoteo Columbo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Timoteo Columbo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Timoteo Columbo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Clemente Mannuel was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. The supporters of Chacaicó booed when Santamarina FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emilio Polo didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jorge Bermudo in the 73rd minute of play forced Santamarina FC's goalkeeper Clemente Mannuel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Timoteo Columbo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Clemente Mannuel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Timoteo Columbo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Clemente Mannuel read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 78th minute of play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 79th minute of the game. One of Santamarina FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Chacaicó:s goal. The referee gave Chacaicó a penalty, 81 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Cristo Restu, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Santamarina FC's Clemente Mannuel. 1-1. Timoteo Columbo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 84th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 87 minutes into the match, Jorge Bermudo notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Santamarina FC's Clemente Mannuel. Clemente Mannuel was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Jorge Bermudo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Chacaicó's supporters rose to their feet, but Jorge Bermudo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Clemente Mannuel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 94th minute, Jorge Bermudo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Clemente Mannuel was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Timoteo Columbo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Clemente Mannuel having to interfere. 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. Chacaicó fully deserved thier win.