League Play-Off

Gigante De Arroyito
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Bernardo Tabb kicked off to start the match. A collision led to Rosario Central getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Anier Aresti hit a great ball. Matias Osmundo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Jacinto Primeiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jacinto Primeiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matias Osmundo in the 19th minute of play. Matias Osmundo took the ball and in the 25 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jacinto Primeiro. Jacinto Primeiro dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 30th match minute, Rosario Central was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anier Aresti to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 36th minute, Matias Osmundo managed to get in a good position for a shot. SOLMOS FOOTBALL CLUB's supporters rose to their feet, but Matias Osmundo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jacinto Primeiro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Luis Odol received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Jacinto Primeiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Julio Rafel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luis Odol stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 58th minute Julio Rafel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicolas Polo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jacinto Primeiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis Odol, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the SOLMOS FOOTBALL CLUB defense, Julio Rafel kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nicolas Polo. The SOLMOS FOOTBALL CLUB fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nicolas Polo should have stopped the shot. Iker Virila charged in rather forcefully in the 72nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Iker Virila the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 75th minute, Julio Rafel left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Rosario Central fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Luis Odol fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jacinto Primeiro having to interfere. Luis Odol fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jacinto Primeiro having to interfere. With a little luck, Rosario Central's Jacinto Primeiro got control of the ball when Matias Osmundo tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Rosario Central's Julio Rafel in the 93rd minute got a chance for a shot 93rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SOLMOS FOOTBALL CLUB's goalie prevented a goal. Nicolas Polo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bernardo Tabb went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Rosario Central's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.