League Play-Off

Estadio Norman Lee
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gogo Iratzeder started the match with the kick off. Arauco FC's Arturo Semeno played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gogo Iratzeder in the 4th minute of play. Arturo Semeno took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gogo Iratzeder, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 13 minutes into the match, Berazategui's goal looked a bit too open when Evaristo Virila came free, but Eustacio Miliano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Evaristo Virila sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Berazategui's Sixto Niva got a free kick in the 17th minute. Adolfo Sengrat took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 18th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Eustacio Miliano. Berazategui's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evaristo Virila in the 19th minute of play forced Berazategui's goalkeeper Eustacio Miliano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Genaro Txurio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Arturo Semeno tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 28th minute Gogo Iratzeder shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arturo Semeno saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 31st minute, Berazategui's Gogo Iratzeder dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Evaristo Virila's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Eustacio Miliano read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 38th minute of play. Gogo Iratzeder sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd rose to their feet as Berazategui's Gogo Iratzeder slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Arturo Semeno. That made the score 2-1 after 48 minutes of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Melquiades Egoitz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 55 minutes of play, Berazategui's Gogo Iratzeder made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arturo Semeno was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 58 played minutes Arauco FC got a freekick which was hit by Fernando Roland. After some fancy dribbling in the 62nd minute, Israel Manuelo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Berazategui's supporters rose to their feet, but Israel Manuelo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Arturo Semeno breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 66th minute, one of Arauco FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Arauco FC. Arauco FC:s Arturo Semeno showed great skill when he stopped Sixto Niva:s penalty. Arauco FC's Arturo Semeno played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gogo Iratzeder in the 74th minute of play. If Melquiades Egoitz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Arturo Semeno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Genaro Txurio in the 80th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gogo Iratzeder in the 85th minute of play forced Arauco FC's goalkeeper Arturo Semeno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gogo Iratzeder fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arturo Semeno having to interfere.