League Play-Off

Gigante de Pichincha
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Agustin Dacio started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. If Slawomir Karanewski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 2nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 4th of the match, Fidel Buinton tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Bonifacio Franco got in the way and made a wonderful save. 10 minutes into the match, Cebollitas Jr's goalkeeper Bonifacio Franco had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Slawomir Karanewski. Abel Derwin hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. 12 minutes into the match, Cebollitas Jr's goal looked a bit too open when Fidel Buinton came free, but Bonifacio Franco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Slawomir Karanewski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. C. A. Parque Norte's Slawomir Karanewski got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 27th minute, Rolando Orlondo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cebollitas Jr fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Cebollitas Jr's Bonifacio Franco proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save Cebollitas Jr from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as C. A. Parque Norte's Fidel Buinton slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Bonifacio Franco. That made the score 2-1 after 32 minutes of play. 42 minutes into the game, Slawomir Karanewski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Bonifacio Franco was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

An unexpectedly hard shot by 周强松 in the 52nd minute of play forced Cebollitas Jr's goalkeeper Bonifacio Franco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 54th minute, Abel Derwin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bonifacio Franco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fidel Buinton in the 59th minute of play. When Slawomir Karanewski came up free with the goalie in the 60th minute, the C. A. Parque Norte 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 Slawomir Karanewski couldn't finish the play. Bonifacio Franco stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Fidel Buinton's shot from short distance in the 61st minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fidel Buinton in the 64th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bonifacio Franco saved Cebollitas Jr from getting behind. In the 69th minute, Rolando Orlondo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 74th minute of the match C. A. Parque Norte got a corner. Cebollitas Jr's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Fidel Buinton ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Cebollitas Jr's goalie and right to Fidel Buinton. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Cebollitas Jr's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Bonifacio Franco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fidel Buinton in the 82nd minute of play. Bonifacio Franco didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Slawomir Karanewski went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. 88 minutes into the match, Ruben Pacho had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bonifacio Franco. Cebollitas Jr's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ruben Pacho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-1. Fidel Buinton struck a weak shot in the 92nd minute. Bonifacio Franco didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for C. A. Parque Norte. In the 94th minute Ruben Pacho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bonifacio Franco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. C. A. Parque Norte's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.