League Play-Off

Líbano
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. Venancio Ralondo started the match with the kick off. 5 minutes into the game, Eulalio Canor cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Cristian Llanos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 8 minutes, Constantino Delfino mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the San Martin De Tucumán and the Los Piojos FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 10 played minutes, Los Piojos FC's Pablo Fagildo shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Honorio Bide 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 Los Piojos FC reached it. 12 minutes into the game, Fulgencio Gregory was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. San Martin De Tucumán's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Los Piojos FC the free kick. Honorio Bide took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adrian Jakes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eulalio Canor got free with Cristian Llanos in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Los Piojos FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 25th minute, when Eulalio Canor scored to the left of an out of position Cristian Llanos, making the score, 2-1. The audience was convinced that Alberto Calisto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Honorio Bide was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 35 minutes, Eulalio Canor put it in 3-1 from a short distance just to the right of Cristian Llanos. Constantino Delfino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eulalio Canor in the 44thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Cristian Llanos, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Adrian Jakes stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 55th minute, Eulalio Canor managed to get in a good position for a shot. San Martin De Tucumán's supporters rose to their feet, but Eulalio Canor was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cristian Llanos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Cristian Llanos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eulalio Canor, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. After a rather tough play, Los Piojos FC's Jaime Manny got a free kick in the 61st minute. Adrian Jakes hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Venancio Ralondo in the 68th minute of play forced Los Piojos FC's goalkeeper Cristian Llanos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristian Llanos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eulalio Canor, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adrian Jakes in the 97th minute of play forced San Martin De Tucumán's goalkeeper Honorio Bide to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 98th play minute Alberto Calisto came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Honorio Bide. 4-2. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. San Martin De Tucumán had won after a very even match.