League Play-Off

Estadio Belloco
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Natalio Mannuel started the match with the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in CAP's zone, Benedicto Tino stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mingo Turrilla came out of the goal and Benedicto Tino tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Natalio Mannuel came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the FUMANCHALA 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 Natalio Mannuel couldn't finish the play. Benedicto Tino scored 0-1 in the 8th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mingo Turrilla, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 12 minutes into the match, FUMANCHALA's Benedicto Tino sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mingo Turrilla narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Generoso Emesto's late challenge caught a CAP's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Generoso Emesto helped the player get up and apologised. In the 14th minute, one of FUMANCHALA: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 FUMANCHALA. Domingo Boniel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Delmar Frutos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Benedicto Tino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mingo Turrilla having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 27th minute, Natalio Mannuel managed to get in a good position for a shot. FUMANCHALA's supporters rose to their feet, but Natalio Mannuel was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mingo Turrilla breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. FUMANCHALA's Natalio Mannuel got a good chance for a goal in the 30th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Efrain Vasco hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Domingo Boniel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Delmar Frutos having to interfere. In the 44th match minute, FUMANCHALA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Efrain Vasco to maneuver through the defense. The first half was very even, with the score at 2-2 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Anacleto Txeru stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Delmar Frutos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Domingo Boniel in the 52nd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Natalio Mannuel's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mingo Turrilla was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. Domingo Boniel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 63rd match minute, CAP was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Braulio Cristos to maneuver through the defense. Benedicto Tino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mingo Turrilla having to interfere. Benedicto Tino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Mingo Turrilla tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as FUMANCHALA's Natalio Mannuel slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Mingo Turrilla. That made the score 2-3 after 75 minutes of play. Domingo Boniel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Benedicto Tino could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Mingo Turrilla made a huge save. If Benedicto Tino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpected shot in the 87th minute by Benedicto Tino got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Domingo Boniel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Delmar Frutos having to interfere. CAP's Anacleto Txeru got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 94 minutes of play, FUMANCHALA's Benedicto Tino made it 2-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mingo Turrilla was left in no man's land by his defense there! FUMANCHALA's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.