League Play-Off

Panacán
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jeremias Quirce got the match started through his kick off. The supporters of Panacán AFC booed when Las Torres F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gabriel Baladi didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 8 minutes, Anacleto Martxelin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Panacán AFC and the Las Torres F.C players grew even worse after the yellow card. Anacleto Martxelin hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Anibal Ur received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Lucio Franco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 14th minute, Jeremias Quirce left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Las Torres F.C fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 21 minutes into the game, Evelio Stanislao was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Panacán AFC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Las Torres F.C the free kick. Evelio Stanislao kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Ramiro Martino's late challenge caught a Las Torres F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ramiro Martino helped the player get up and apologised. Ramiro Martino kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. If Anibal Ur had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 35th minute, Ezequiel Modestio managed to get in a good position for a shot. Las Torres F.C's supporters rose to their feet, but Ezequiel Modestio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Zeledon Cibran breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 40 minutes into the match, Ezequiel Modestio had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zeledon Cibran. Panacán AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ezequiel Modestio was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After having played for 44 minutes, Ezequiel Modestio managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Las Torres F.C's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ezequiel Modestio was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Aureliano Reyes made a kick off. Ezequiel Modestio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 59 played minutes Panacán AFC got a freekick which was hit by Ramiro Martino. Ezequiel Modestio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zeledon Cibran having to interfere. Lucio Franco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aureliano Reyes, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Lucio Franco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aureliano Reyes in the 77th minute of the match. In the 78th minute Aureliano Reyes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lucio Franco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lucio Franco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anibal Ur in the 85th minute of the match. After 86 played minutes Las Torres F.C got a freekick which was hit by Gabriel Baladi. Lucio Franco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aureliano Reyes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jeremias Quirce might have been able to make a better finish in the 93rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Zeledon Cibran. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jeremias Quirce ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jeremias Quirce in the 95th minute of play forced Panacán AFC's goalkeeper Zeledon Cibran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Las Torres F.C walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.