League Play-Off

Juan Roman Riquelme
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Teodoro Gustau started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Silvestre Burutzagi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnoldo Bautista in the 4th minute of the match. 5 minutes into the game, Christian Arias was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Aspen's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Tacural the free kick. In the 5th match minute, FC Aspen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christian Arias to maneuver through the defense. 9 minutes into the game, Mauro Bonadona cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Silvestre Burutzagi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Zacarias Txatxu charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Zacarias Txatxu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Zacarias Txatxu hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Silvestre Burutzagi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Igor Birjaio in the 20th minute of the match. Silvestre Burutzagi came out of the goal in the 21st minute to try and stop a shot by Tacural's Mauro Bonadona. But to his dismay, Mauro Bonadona quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Vicente Stephen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teodoro Gustau in the 25th minute of the match. In the 29th minute, Severiano Chuan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 39 minutes in the game Marciano Handi did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Albino Martxel. In the 45th minute, Teodoro Gustau 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. After some careless play in the FC Aspen defense, Igor Birjaio kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Silvestre Burutzagi. The FC Aspen fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Silvestre Burutzagi should have stopped the shot. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 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 Mauro Bonadona made a kick off. Zacarias Txatxu hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Teodoro Gustau received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Vicente Stephen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. FC Aspen's Silvestre Burutzagi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mauro Bonadona in the 60th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Teodoro Gustau in the 61st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vicente Stephen saved Tacural from getting behind. In the 62nd minute, Zacarias Txatxu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 71st match minute, FC Aspen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valentin Luzaide to maneuver through the defense. 75 minutes into the game, Teodoro Gustau cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Vicente Stephen was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Vicente Stephen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teodoro Gustau, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. In the 81st minute of the match, Igor Birjaio got a very nice opportunity to score, but Silvestre Burutzagi was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Vicente Stephen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Teodoro Gustau, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 85 played minutes FC Aspen got a freekick which was hit by Valentin Cordeiro. In the 86th minute of the match Marciano Handi sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Silvestre Burutzagi skillfully saved the ball. In the 92nd match minute, FC Aspen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ariel Maldonado to maneuver through the defense. A hard shot by Jonatan Aznar from long distance, 93 minutes into the match, got Silvestre Burutzagi's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Despite close surveillance by the defense, Mauro Bonadona managed to send off a shot that put the ball into the goal to the left of a disappointed goalkeeper. 1-4 in the 97th minute. When the match was over Tacural could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than FC Aspen throughout the match.