League Play-Off

Estadio Elida
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Benito Calisto took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Portalis getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Celedonio Gaufred hit a great ball. A collision led to Elida AFC getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Luciano Sugoi hit a great ball. In the 11th minute of the match Clemente Errolan sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Luciano Rubio skillfully saved the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Elida AFC's zone, Rodolfo Tartalo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Luciano Rubio came out of the goal and Rodolfo Tartalo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Elida AFC's Mateo Haitz got a free kick in the 14th minute. In the 15th minute, Rodolfo Tartalo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luciano Rubio was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Rodolfo Tartalo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. During the 25th minute of the match Celedonio Gaufred completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Celedonio Gaufred a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. A collision led to Portalis getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Celedonio Gaufred hit a great ball. When Benito Calisto came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the Elida AFC 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 Benito Calisto couldn't finish the play. In the 32nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Portalis's goalkeeper Felix Romildo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Luciano Sugoi hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. When Paulo Oro came up free with the goalie in the 35th minute, the Elida AFC 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 Paulo Oro couldn't finish the play. Benito Calisto 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. Benito Calisto did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-1 to the left of a surprised Felix Romildo 46 minutes into the match. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rodolfo Tartalo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, Benito Calisto had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Felix Romildo. Portalis's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Benito Calisto was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Rodolfo Tartalo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Luciano Rubio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Isaias Jerano was extremely unlucky when he, in the 62nd minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. If Rodolfo Tartalo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Christian Manex took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 67th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Felix Romildo. Portalis's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulo Oro in the 69th minute of play forced Portalis's goalkeeper Felix Romildo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Portalis:s Felix Romildo showed great skill when he stopped Mateo Haitz:s penalty. Paulo Oro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Paulo Oro in the 84th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Felix Romildo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Elida AFC's Luciano Sugoi got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 94th minute, Paulo Oro 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. Elida AFC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Portalis for a fine match.