League Play-Off

Yacanto
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Apolo Matteo got the match started through his kick off. Teobaldo Orixe received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Leopoldo Faro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Leonides Johans fell near the penalty area in the 17th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Yacanto FC's protests and gave Leonides Johans a yellow card for diving instead. In the 18th minute, Justo Fonda ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Joaquin Mirande was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Apolo Matteo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leopoldo Faro having to interfere. Osvaldo Telesforo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Joaquin Mirande having to make a save. Rafael Tajo hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. In the 35th match minute, Yacanto FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonides Johans to maneuver through the defense. If Osvaldo Telesforo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Osvaldo Telesforo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Joaquin Mirande tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Joaquin Mirande came out of the goal in the 41st minute to try and stop a shot by Panacón AFC's Osvaldo Telesforo. But to his dismay, Osvaldo Telesforo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Osvaldo Telesforo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Joaquin Mirande having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Osvaldo Telesforo made a kick off. If Justo Fonda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Osvaldo Telesforo took a quick shot and it went in 0-3 without a chance for Joaquin Mirande to make any attempt to save it. Yacanto FC's Teobaldo Orixe got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 72nd minute, Osvaldo Telesforo 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teobaldo Orixe in the 77th minute of play forced Panacón AFC's goalkeeper Leopoldo Faro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Osvaldo Telesforo struck a weak shot in the 78th minute. Joaquin Mirande didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Panacón AFC. After a defensive mix-up in Yacanto FC's zone, Osvaldo Telesforo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Joaquin Mirande came out of the goal and Osvaldo Telesforo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 85th minute, Marciano Jerrold hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Leopoldo Faro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teobaldo Orixe in the 87th minute of the match. Osvaldo Telesforo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Joaquin Mirande having to interfere. Panacón AFC played a much better game than Yacanto FC and deserved their victory. The Yacanto FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.