League Play-Off

Salto
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. Tobias Raymundo started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute Carolo Ticho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silvio Steven saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Silvio Steven showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carolo Ticho in the 5th minute of the match. Elias Oliverio might have been able to make a better finish in the 7th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Silvio Steven. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Elias Oliverio ran back to his position shaking his head. Silvio Steven made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elias Oliverio in the 9th minute of play. An unexpected shot in the 12th minute by Abelardo Aguilera got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Molinos FC's Venancio Matia got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Silvio Steven showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carolo Ticho, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. In the 22nd minute, Carolo Ticho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Silvio Steven was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After 25 minutes, Elias Oliverio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Molinos FC and the Salto players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 25th minute, Elias Oliverio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Silvio Steven showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elias Oliverio in the 30th minute of the match. Eriberto Eztebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tobias Raymundo in the 32nd minute of the match. Carolo Ticho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Carolo Ticho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Silvio Steven having to interfere. Eriberto Eztebe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tobias Raymundo, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Elias Oliverio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 48th play minutes Elias Oliverio shot 0-2, a short shot which went by Silvio Steven and just under the crossbar into goal. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Carolo Ticho to make the kick off. 59 minutes into the match, Salto's goal looked a bit too open when Carolo Ticho came free, but Silvio Steven reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 61st minute of the match Molinos FC got a corner. Salto's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Paolo Nastasio ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Paolo Nastasio got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Silvio Steven quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carolo Ticho in the 65th minute of play forced Salto's goalkeeper Silvio Steven to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Elias Oliverio got free with Silvio Steven in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Tobias Raymundo took the ball and in the 70 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eriberto Eztebe. Eriberto Eztebe dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. Silvio Steven made an important save on a dangerous shot by Elias Oliverio in the 83rd minute. The supporters of Salto booed when Molinos FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 98 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jaime Mendez didn't get a good kick on the ball. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.