League Play-Off

4 de Julio
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Claudio James started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 7 minutes into the match, Chanchuni's Osvaldo Iliana sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hipolito Castel narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 15 minutes into the match, Juan Jatsu notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Chanchuni's Angelino Distiratsu. Angelino Distiratsu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some careless play in the Chanchuni defense, Nunez Rolado kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Angelino Distiratsu. The Chanchuni fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Angelino Distiratsu should have stopped the shot. After 25 minutes of play, Racing Club's Claudio James made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Angelino Distiratsu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Hipolito Castel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Orlando Viator, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 39 minutes, Nunez Rolado mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Racing Club and the Chanchuni players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Racing Club's Nunez Rolado got a free kick in the 39th minute. Racing Club's Claudio James got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Orlando Viator made a kick off. Angelino Distiratsu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudio James in the 53rd minute of the match. Claudio James received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Angelino Distiratsu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jeremias Che charged in rather forcefully in the 56th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jeremias Che the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Jeremias Che hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Orlando Viator fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hipolito Castel having to interfere. In the 63rd minute Osvaldo Iliana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hipolito Castel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Chanchuni's Angelino Distiratsu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Claudio James in the 67th minute of play. After 69 minutes of play, Chanchuni's Osvaldo Iliana made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hipolito Castel was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Orlando Viator in the 75th minute of play forced Racing Club's goalkeeper Hipolito Castel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Chanchuni's Orlando Viator got a good chance for a goal in the 78th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Claudio James had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Orlando Viator had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Juan Jatsu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Angelino Distiratsu having to interfere. Angelino Distiratsu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Juan Jatsu in the 96th minute. The Racing Club supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Racing Club would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.