League Play-Off

Estadio Ángulos
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Israel Policarpio got the match started through his kick off. Cortadera AFC's Victoriano Bidun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Esteban Ritchie in the 3rd minute of play. When Diego Firman fell near the penalty area in the 9th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ángulos AFC's protests and gave Diego Firman a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Ángulos AFC getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Diego Firman hit a great ball. After 10 played minutes, Cortadera AFC's Nemesio Frisco shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Igor Peru came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Cortadera AFC reached it. Amancio Nuxila hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. A collision led to Cortadera AFC getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Herminio Lopes hit a great ball. The supporters of Ángulos AFC booed when Cortadera AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Silvano Lizardi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Amancio Nuxila was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 20th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. After some careless play in the Cortadera AFC defense, Natalio Lucila kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Victoriano Bidun. The Cortadera AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Victoriano Bidun should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Ángulos AFC's Efrain Argina got a free kick in the 26th minute. Cortadera AFC's Victoriano Bidun proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save Cortadera AFC from getting a goal against them. Herminio Lopes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Igor Peru tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Ángulos AFC's Efrain Argina got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Israel Policarpio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Igor Peru having to interfere. Paolo Steven charged in rather forcefully in the 40th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Paolo Steven the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Cortadera AFC's Paolo Steven got a free kick in the 40th minute. Victoriano Bidun was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Esteban Ritchie showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 44 minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Esteban Ritchie to strike the kick off in the second half. Victoriano Bidun stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Natalio Lucila's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. Natalio Lucila fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Victoriano Bidun having to interfere. In the 62nd minute, Natalio Lucila 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. A collision led to Cortadera AFC getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Urbano Foro hit a great ball. Herminio Lopes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Igor Peru having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Israel Policarpio in the 75th minute of play forced Ángulos AFC's goalkeeper Igor Peru to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 79th minute of the match Elias Saturnin shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Igor Peru showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Israel Policarpio managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cortadera AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Israel Policarpio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Igor Peru breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Victoriano Bidun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Esteban Ritchie in the 83rd minute of play. 87 minutes into the match, Natalio Lucila had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Victoriano Bidun. Cortadera AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Natalio Lucila was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Esteban Ritchie recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 92nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 93 played minutes Cortadera AFC got a freekick which was hit by Nemesio Frisco. Ángulos AFC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.