League Play-Off

Roberto H. Paz
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. Roberto Marin started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, Todo va a salir bien's Lucio Benat got a free kick in the 3rd minute. After 8 played minutes Adolfo Austin rounded Todo va a salir bien's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. Deloz FC's Damaso Selmo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roberto Marin in the 13th minute of play. Damaso Selmo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roberto Marin in the 15th minute of play. 1-1 became the score in the 16th minute when Roberto Marin elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 29 minutes into the match, Todo va a salir bien's Arsenio Barros sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Damaso Selmo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Lino Dimas fell near the penalty area in the 30th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Deloz FC's protests and gave Lino Dimas a yellow card for diving instead. In the 30th minute, Lino Dimas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Arsenio Barros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Damaso Selmo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 36thth minute of the game Adolfo Austin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Todo va a salir bien's Gregorio Orixe was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Gregorio Orixe was a little too slow when Adolfo Austin got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 38th minute. The score was now 2-1. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Gregorio Orixe came out of the goal in the 53rd minute to try and stop a shot by Deloz FC's Timoteo Saturnin. But to his dismay, Timoteo Saturnin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. 58 minutes into the game, one of Todo va a salir bien:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Delmiro Fernandes placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! An unexpectedly hard shot by Adolfo Austin in the 62nd minute of play forced Todo va a salir bien's goalkeeper Gregorio Orixe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Damaso Selmo was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Lucio Benat. Arsenio Barros's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 68thth minute, Damaso Selmo skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 70th minute, Arsenio Barros left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Todo va a salir bien fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. If Arsenio Barros had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 76th minute Roberto Marin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Damaso Selmo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gregorio Orixe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adolfo Austin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Todo va a salir bien getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Jose Urtsin hit a great ball. Delmiro Fernandes, 89 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Adolfo Austin might have been able to make a better finish in the 91st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gregorio Orixe. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Adolfo Austin ran back to his position shaking his head. Todo va a salir bien's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.