League Play-Off

Estadio Armstrong
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) After having played for 5 minutes, Melquiades Santikurtz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pollos Hermanos's supporters crossed their fingers, but Melquiades Santikurtz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, Pollos Hermanos's Jonatan Chago got a free kick in the 10th minute. When Victor Bernard came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the Armstrong FC 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 Victor Bernard couldn't finish the play. Placido Tonio kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, Armstrong FC's Shi Cheng Yang threw himself towards the right post 24 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Victor Bernard, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 27th match minute, Armstrong FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Victor Bernard to maneuver through the defense. Epifanio Ponciano kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. After 33 played minutes Pollos Hermanos got a freekick which was hit by Romeo Dalmai. 35 minutes into the match, Pollos Hermanos's goal looked a bit too open when Epifanio Ponciano came free, but Shi Cheng Yang reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Shi Cheng Yang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Bernard in the 37th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Bernard in the 37th minute of play forced Pollos Hermanos's goalkeeper Shi Cheng Yang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pollos Hermanos's Melquiades Santikurtz managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Marian Drebit in the 46 minute of the game.

If Danilo Rocio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Shi Cheng Yang stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Victor Bernard's shot from short distance in the 60th minute. Shi Cheng Yang took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Victor Bernard, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 63rd match minute, Armstrong FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Epifanio Ponciano to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Melquiades Santikurtz managed to get in a good position for a shot. Pollos Hermanos's supporters rose to their feet, but Melquiades Santikurtz was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Herbert Latocha breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Melquiades Santikurtz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 68th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 70th minute, Victor Bernard ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Shi Cheng Yang was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Saverio Unax hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Victor Bernard's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Shi Cheng Yang was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. In the 82nd match minute, Pollos Hermanos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amado Fraco to maneuver through the defense. When Danilo Rocio fell near the penalty area in the 86th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Armstrong FC's protests and gave Danilo Rocio a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Armstrong FC getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Danilo Rocio hit a great ball. In the 90th minute Melquiades Inautzi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Shi Cheng Yang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jonatan Chago charged in rather forcefully in the 91st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jonatan Chago the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The Armstrong FC support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.