League Play-Off

Guatraché
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jairo Nerio took the kick off in the first half of the match. Bruno Peli made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gonzalo Laurendi in the 5th minute. In the 8thth minute of the game Astor Jeraldo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Culampajá's Steffen Haraldstad was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 10 minutes into the match, Culampajá's goal looked a bit too open when Astor Jeraldo came free, but Steffen Haraldstad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Plomer's Bruno Peli got control of the ball when Leonel Txaran tried to sneak it across the goal line. Culampajá's Steffen Haraldstad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Astor Jeraldo in the 20th minute of play. Leonel Txaran recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 33rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Culampajá's Ariel Hitz got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 35 minutes, Gonzalo Laurendi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Culampajá's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gonzalo Laurendi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Ariel Hitz came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the Culampajá 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 Ariel Hitz couldn't finish the play. Ariel Hitz received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Bruno Peli came out and tried to block the shot, but Ariel Hitz slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 39th minute. In the 48th minute Jairo Nerio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Steffen Haraldstad saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Leonel Txaran made the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ariel Hitz during the 51st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ariel Hitz hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. Culampajá were furious when Efrain Haitz was red carded, 55 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The crowd rose to their feet as Astor Jeraldo kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Steffen Haraldstad. That made the score 2-2 in the 63 minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gogo Santikurtz in the 66th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bruno Peli saved Plomer from getting behind. Denis Oriol's late challenge caught a Plomer's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Denis Oriol helped the player get up and apologised. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jairo Nerio in the 77th minute of play forced Culampajá's goalkeeper Steffen Haraldstad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With an all-out effort, Plomer's Steffen Haraldstad threw himself towards the right post 78 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Astor Lucila, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Astor Jeraldo's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Steffen Haraldstad firmly grabbed it by the left post. The audience was convinced that Gogo Santikurtz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bruno Peli was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. Steffen Haraldstad made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Claudio Nerio sent off a good shot on target. The referee felt a red card was in order, 92 minutes into the game, when Zacarias Niguel put in a rough tackle. In the 91st minute, one of Plomer: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 Plomer. Hugo Astigar placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! In the 97th minute the ball was on its way in behind Plomer's goalkeeper Bruno Peli, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Steffen Haraldstad took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Claudio Nerio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Culampajá fans cheered their team off the field, for while Plomer had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.