League Play-Off

Estadio Luca
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Tupungato FC's Ernesto Perutxo started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. An unexpectedly hard shot by Severino Sendoa in the 3rd minute of play forced Luca's goalkeeper Rafael Montez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 8 minutes, Dionisio Tano mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tupungato FC and the Luca players grew even worse after the yellow card. When Ernesto Perutxo came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the Tupungato FC 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 Ernesto Perutxo couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Luca's Angel Medardo got a free kick in the 11th minute. Laureano Jerold could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Rolando Estebe made a huge save. Rafael Montez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dionisio Tano in the 22nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ernesto Perutxo in the 25th minute of play forced Luca's goalkeeper Rafael Montez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Luca defense, Ernesto Perutxo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rafael Montez. The Luca fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rafael Montez should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Tupungato FC getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Dionisio Tano hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Severino Sendoa in the 30th minute of play forced Luca's goalkeeper Rafael Montez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rigoberto Montez's late challenge caught a Tupungato FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rigoberto Montez helped the player get up and apologised. In the 30th match minute, Luca was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rigoberto Montez to maneuver through the defense. If Ernesto Perutxo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Angel Medardo hit a great freekick 48 minutes into the match. 49 minutes into the match, Luca's goal looked a bit too open when Ernesto Perutxo came free, but Rafael Montez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ruben Arce to make the kick off. Laureano Jerold sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 56th minute, Laureano Jerold 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. In the 57th match minute, Tupungato FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristobal Videl to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Laureano Jerold managed to get in a good position for a shot. Luca's supporters rose to their feet, but Laureano Jerold was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rolando Estebe breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Luca's Laureano Jerold in the 72nd minute got a chance for a shot 72nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Tupungato FC's goalie prevented a goal. When Ruben Arce came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the Luca 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 Ruben Arce couldn't finish the play. Severino Sendoa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Rafael Montez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 82nd match minute, Tupungato FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dionisio Tano to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Laureano Jerold managed to get in a good position for a shot. Luca's supporters rose to their feet, but Laureano Jerold was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rolando Estebe breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Tupungato FC's Rolando Estebe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ruben Arce in the 86th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Laureano Jerold in the 90th minute of play forced Tupungato FC's goalkeeper Rolando Estebe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Tupungato FC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.