League Play-Off

Independencia
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Anier Salamon got the match started through his kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Leonides Valery in the 7th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Roberto Efraim prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 12th match minute, CA Independencia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Augusto Iratzeder to maneuver through the defense. Roberto Efraim showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anier Salamon in the 15th minute of the match. After 22 minutes of play, Jose María Jáuregui's Leonides Valery made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roberto Efraim was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some careless play in the CA Independencia defense, Anier Salamon kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Roberto Efraim. The CA Independencia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Roberto Efraim should have stopped the shot. CA Independencia's Roberto Efraim played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leonides Valery in the 28th minute of play. If Anier Salamon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Christian Netzer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Augusto Iratzeder in the 32nd minute of play. In the 33rd minute the ball was on its way in behind CA Independencia's goalkeeper Roberto Efraim, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Leonides Valery sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Christian Netzer was out of position in the 43 minute of play, and Alonzo Lope capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Alonzo Lope really showed his touch with that goal: 1-3. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

When Anier Salamon came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the Jose María Jáuregui 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 Anier Salamon couldn't finish the play. Anier Salamon received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Roberto Efraim came out and tried to block the shot, but Anier Salamon slotted it home off the left post making it 1-4 in the 55th minute. Christian Netzer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Augusto Iratzeder, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. Christian Netzer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Augusto Iratzeder in the 61st minute of the match. Jose María Jáuregui's Christian Netzer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Augusto Iratzeder in the 63rd minute of play. Anier Salamon fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roberto Efraim having to interfere. Anier Salamon fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roberto Efraim having to interfere. 75 minutes into the match, Jose María Jáuregui's Leonides Valery sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Roberto Efraim narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Anier Salamon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 82 minutes into the game, Augusto Iratzeder was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. CA Independencia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Jose María Jáuregui the free kick. In the 82nd minute, Augusto Iratzeder hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Anier Salamon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Roberto Efraim showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anier Salamon in the 87th minute of the match. After 90 played minutes CA Independencia got a freekick which was hit by Hipolito Gaitano. When the match was over Jose María Jáuregui could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than CA Independencia throughout the match.