League Play-Off

Estadio Saavedra
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Soldados de sabella's Zeledon Llanos started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Filiberto Aznar's late challenge caught a Soldados de sabella's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Filiberto Aznar helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Ciénega FC getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Filiberto Aznar hit a great ball. Zeledon Llanos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gervasio Bastian received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Flavio Balendin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Isidro Figueroa came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the Ciénega 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 Isidro Figueroa couldn't finish the play. Angelo Umbruso's late challenge caught a Ciénega FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Angelo Umbruso helped the player get up and apologised. Gervasio Bastian fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Flavio Balendin having to interfere. If Isidro Figueroa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Domingos Menendo hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. If Isidro Figueroa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Soldados de sabella getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Domingos Menendo hit a great ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

If Gervasio Bastian had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 56 minutes into the game, Soldados de sabella's Zeledon Llanos nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Flavio Balendin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Flavio Balendin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zeledon Llanos in the 59th minute of play. In the 61st minute of the match Angelo Umbruso sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Flavio Balendin skillfully saved the ball. Zeledon Llanos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Flavio Balendin having to interfere. Eugenio Polentzi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Orlando Sanson made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Isidro Figueroa sent off a good shot on target. Soldados de sabella's Gervasio Bastian got a good chance for a goal in the 82nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Zeledon Llanos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Eugenio Polentzi in the 87th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Orlando Sanson prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 89 played minutes Ciénega FC's Isidro Figueroa stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Orlando Sanson stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Soldados de sabella of the goal. In the 91st minute, Domingos Menendo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 94 minutes into the match, Isidro Figueroa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Orlando Sanson. Soldados de sabella's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Isidro Figueroa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. When the final whistle sounded Ciénega FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Soldados de sabella.