League Play-Off

Estadio Curapaligüé
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Roberto Matai kicked off to start the match. In the 5th minute, Marco Martino left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Molinitos AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 13th minute Baltasar Tonete suffered a foot injury and had to be helped off the field. Astor Bento charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Astor Bento the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 13th match minute, Curapaligüé FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Astor Bento to maneuver through the defense. 24 minutes into the match, Cesar Peter notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Molinitos AFC's Jonatan Jeraldo. Jonatan Jeraldo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 31 minutes into the game, Marco Martino cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Teo Eder was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a defensive mix-up in Curapaligüé FC's zone, Marco Martino stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Teo Eder came out of the goal and Marco Martino tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ariel Eladio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Jonatan Jeraldo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Conrado Eskuin's late challenge caught a Curapaligüé FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Conrado Eskuin helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Molinitos AFC's Conrado Eskuin got a free kick in the 47th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ariel Eladio was the one to do the kick off. The referee felt a red card was in order, 52 minutes into the game, when Arnoldo Resto put in a rough tackle. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 52nd minute of the game. One of Molinitos AFC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Curapaligüé FC:s goal. In the 54th minute there was a penalty for Curapaligüé FC. Santos Fertus stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Jonatan Jeraldo. 2-2. Ariel Eladio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Jonatan Jeraldo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Astor Bento fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonatan Jeraldo having to interfere. Jonatan Jeraldo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cesar Peter, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cesar Peter in the 89th minute of play forced Molinitos AFC's goalkeeper Jonatan Jeraldo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Wilfredo Olo came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Molinitos AFC 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 Wilfredo Olo couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in Molinitos AFC's zone, Cesar Peter stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonatan Jeraldo came out of the goal and Cesar Peter tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.