League Play-Off

Estadio Caleufú
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Candelaria's Cosme Jakue started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After having played for 3 minutes, Cosme Jakue managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Candelaria's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cosme Jakue was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. German Jon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Saverio Acosta in the 6th minute of the match. 12 minutes into the match, Candelaria's goal looked a bit too open when Saverio Acosta came free, but German Jon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. German Jon came out of the goal in the 16th minute to try and stop a shot by Caleufú's Paulo Ixaka. But to his dismay, Paulo Ixaka quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. German Jon made an important save on a dangerous shot by Paulo Ixaka in the 19th minute. German Jon didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Paulo Ixaka went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, Candelaria's Artemio Fidensio got a free kick in the 27th minute. Candelaria's German Jon proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save Candelaria from getting a goal against them. 30 minutes had been played when some careless play by Candelaria's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Hipolito Lertxun was slow to take the kick. During this time Caleufú's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Hipolito Lertxun got away a dangerous shot. Despite this German Jon quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Saverio Acosta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. German Jon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Saverio Acosta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 35 minutes into the match, Candelaria's goalkeeper German Jon had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Paulo Ixaka. German Jon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Saverio Acosta in the 38th minute of play. In the 39thth minute of the game Saverio Acosta who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Candelaria's German Jon was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 41st minute, Saverio Acosta managed to get in a good position for a shot. Caleufú's supporters rose to their feet, but Saverio Acosta was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. German Jon breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Saverio Acosta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Saverio Acosta to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute Paulo Ixaka shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but German Jon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. German Jon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Saverio Acosta in the 53rd minute of the match. In the 57th minute Paulo Ixaka shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but German Jon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Saverio Acosta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. German Jon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Saverio Acosta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Saverio Acosta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. German Jon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, Paulo Ixaka managed to get in a good position for a shot. Caleufú's supporters rose to their feet, but Paulo Ixaka was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. German Jon breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 71st minute, Roque Guerrero left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Caleufú fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. When Saverio Acosta came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the Caleufú 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 Saverio Acosta couldn't finish the play. Candelaria's German Jon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Saverio Acosta in the 78th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Saverio Acosta in the 81st minute of play forced Candelaria's goalkeeper German Jon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Paulo Ixaka had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 86 minutes into the match, Candelaria's goal looked a bit too open when Paulo Ixaka came free, but German Jon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 88th minute, Saverio Acosta left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Caleufú fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. Paulo Ixaka fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without German Jon having to interfere. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Caleufú fully deserved thier win.