League Play-Off

Estadio Chimbas
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) With his leg Alejandro Stanislao managed to avoid a goal in the 4thth minute, when I.F.C.'s Jaime Montae fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. A hard shot by Odir Meza from long distance, 7 minutes into the match, got Alejandro Stanislao's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Vinicio Birjaio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Pitin in the 8th minute of play. If Marciano Bazkoare had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. I.F.C.'s Vinicio Birjaio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bruno Pitin in the 12th minute of play. In the 15th minute, Julio Tino left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Pico AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Odir Meza shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. In the 26th minute, I.F.C.'s Jaime Chumo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 29th minute, Jaime Montae managed to get in a good position for a shot. I.F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Jaime Montae was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alejandro Stanislao breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, I.F.C.'s Jaime Montae got a free kick in the 33rd minute. If Jacinto Flor had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jaime Montae could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Alejandro Stanislao made a huge save. Jacinto Flor received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Alejandro Stanislao tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 41 minutes into the game, Florencio Belarmo was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. I.F.C.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Pico AFC the free kick. After a rather tough play, I.F.C.'s Florencio Belarmo got a free kick in the 42nd minute. 44 minutes into the match, Jaime Montae notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Pico AFC's Alejandro Stanislao. Alejandro Stanislao was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Alejandro Stanislao made a fantastic save in the 48th minute, when Jaime Montae sent off a good shot on target. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jaime Montae stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute I.F.C. were awarded a corner. Odir Meza went to the cornerflag to take it. A well-hit corner resulted in Aureliano Gar heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. When Florencio Belarmo was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 55 minutes had been played. After a rather tough play, I.F.C.'s Florencio Belarmo got a free kick in the 57th minute. After a defensive mix-up in I.F.C.'s zone, Bruno Pitin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vinicio Birjaio came out of the goal and Bruno Pitin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. I.F.C.'s Vinicio Birjaio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save I.F.C. from getting a goal against them. Urbano Sansone hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. I.F.C.'s Jaime Montae got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jaime Montae recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 66th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Aureliano Aires's late challenge caught a I.F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aureliano Aires helped the player get up and apologised. Urbano Sansone took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 68th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Alejandro Stanislao. Pico AFC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Jaime Montae received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Alejandro Stanislao tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 75 minutes into the match, Pico AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Jaime Montae came free, but Alejandro Stanislao reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Aureliano Gar came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the I.F.C. 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 Aureliano Gar couldn't finish the play. Alejandro Stanislao made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jaime Montae in the 80th minute of play. Vinicio Birjaio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Julio Tino in the 81st minute. Jaime Montae fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alejandro Stanislao having to interfere. In the 88th minute Jaime Montae shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alejandro Stanislao saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When I.F.C.'s Jacinto Flor in the 89th minute got a chance for a shot 89th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Pico AFC's goalie prevented a goal. Primitivo Pacho received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Vinicio Birjaio came out and tried to block the shot, but Primitivo Pacho slotted it home off the left post making it 3-2 in the 97th minute. I.F.C.'s fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.