League Play-Off

Estadio Ñoqueve
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alberto Barrionuevo got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Fausto Javiar 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. In the 5th minute, Alberto Barrionuevo 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. Conrado Mergildo charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Conrado Mergildo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 10th minute of the game. One of Gladiadores del Triunfo:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Ñoqueve AFC:s goal. When the match had been going on for 12 minutes, Ñoqueve AFC's Abelardo Dimas got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Epifanio Lorien. The referee felt a red card was in order, 19 minutes into the game, when Guido Benino put in a rough tackle. After 19 played minutes Gladiadores del Triunfo got a freekick which was hit by Guido Benino. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rosendo Telmo during the 22nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Epifanio Lorien showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Orlando Bernal, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. After 28 played minutes Ñoqueve AFC got a freekick which was hit by Abelardo Dimas. Orlando Bernal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Epifanio Lorien tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Florencio Alonso kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. After recieving a nice pass, Ñoqueve AFC's Abelardo Dimas tried to score from far away in the 36th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 38th match minute, Ñoqueve AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abelardo Dimas to maneuver through the defense. Conrado Mergildo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Nunez Innocenzio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Epifanio Lorien made an important save on a dangerous shot by Amador Hanni in the 48th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Alberto Barrionuevo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Nunez Innocenzio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alberto Barrionuevo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Blas Egun sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 61 played minutes Ñoqueve AFC got a freekick which was hit by Benito Firmin. With a little luck, Ñoqueve AFC's Nunez Innocenzio got control of the ball when Alberto Barrionuevo tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 64th minute, Efrain Hats made a precise shot to the right of Epifanio Lorien. Gladiadores del Triunfo's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Nunez Innocenzio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alberto Barrionuevo in the 68th minute. In the 69th minute, Blas Egun ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nunez Innocenzio was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Alberto Barrionuevo succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-2 in the 72nd playminute. Gladiadores del Triunfo's Epifanio Lorien played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Orlando Bernal in the 77th minute of play. In the 80th minute Orlando Bernal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Epifanio Lorien saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Mauricio Perico fell near the penalty area in the 81st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Gladiadores del Triunfo's protests and gave Mauricio Perico a yellow card for diving instead. In the 81st match minute, Gladiadores del Triunfo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mauricio Perico to maneuver through the defense. In the 83rd match minute, Ñoqueve AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abelardo Dimas to maneuver through the defense. Orlando Bernal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Alberto Barrionuevo came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the Gladiadores del Triunfo fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Alberto Barrionuevo couldn't finish the play. Alberto Barrionuevo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nunez Innocenzio having to interfere. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.