League Play-Off

Estadio Rivadavia
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Norberto George got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute, Rivadavia FC's Maximo Artaldo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. After a defensive mix-up in Tacupampa's zone, Jesus Frances stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pastor Bordat came out of the goal and Jesus Frances tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Teodosio Quilo scored 2-1 in the 13th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cristobal Gomez, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd rose to their feet as Rivadavia FC's Maximo Artaldo slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Pastor Bordat. That made the score 3-1 after 17 minutes of play. Nereo Misael's late challenge caught a Tacupampa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nereo Misael helped the player get up and apologised. In the 22nd match minute, Rivadavia FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nereo Misael to maneuver through the defense. In the 23rd minute of the match Augusto Lehior shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Cristobal Gomez showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Pastor Bordat made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jesus Frances in the 24th minute. Cristobal Gomez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Augusto Lehior, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Ciriaco Luar hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Maximo Artaldo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pastor Bordat was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maximo Artaldo in the 32nd minute of play forced Tacupampa's goalkeeper Pastor Bordat to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Rivadavia FC's Jesus Frances got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Pastor Bordat was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Maximo Artaldo showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 4-1 in the 35 minute of play. After some careless play in the Rivadavia FC defense, Teodosio Quilo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cristobal Gomez. The Rivadavia FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cristobal Gomez should have stopped the shot. Pastor Bordat was a little too slow when Maximo Artaldo got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 43rd minute. The score was now 5-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Maximo Artaldo to make the kick off. Pastor Bordat made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristo Videl in the 51st minute of play. Maximo Artaldo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pastor Bordat having to interfere. Edelmiro Cordarell kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. In the 57th minute Jesus Frances shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pastor Bordat saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Rivadavia FC getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Paulino Obano hit a great ball. Teodosio Quilo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Pastor Bordat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maximo Artaldo in the 67th minute of the match. Rivadavia FC's Jesus Frances got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a little luck, Rivadavia FC's Cristobal Gomez got control of the ball when Teodosio Quilo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 72 minutes, Cristobal Gomez successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Tacupampa's Pastor Bordat played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maximo Artaldo in the 74th minute of play. Teodosio Quilo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Cristobal Gomez made a huge save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Silvestre Reno during the 81st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Silvestre Reno kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. Jesus Frances scored 6-2 in the 87th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pastor Bordat, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 91st minute of the game. One of Tacupampa:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Rivadavia FC:s goal. After 96 played minutes Rivadavia FC got a freekick which was hit by Cristo Videl. Rivadavia FC'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.