League Play-Off

Alfonso López FC
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Carolo Bautista took the kick off in the first half of the match. Basilio Perico showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodrigo Sandalio in the 3rd minute of the match. After 5 minutes Arminda AFC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gaston Mon who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Gaston Mon got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Basilio Perico quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Basilio Perico made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Rodrigo Sandalio sent off a good shot on target. Basilio Perico took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carolo Bautista, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 10 minutes, Carolo Bautista took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Basilio Perico to make any attempt to save it. In the 16th minute Carolo Bautista shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Basilio Perico saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arminda AFC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 18th minute, when Carolo Bautista scored to the left of an out of position Basilio Perico, making the score, 2-0. The supporters of THE GOAT✓ booed when Arminda AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Guaberto Federigo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Basilio Perico showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carolo Bautista in the 26th minute of the match. Filiberto Gonzalez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santos Tiso in the 28th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Rodrigo Sandalio kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Basilio Perico. That made the score 3-0 in the 31 minute of play. In the 33rd minute, Carolo Bautista ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Basilio Perico was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Carolo Bautista was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 39th minute. THE GOAT✓'s manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Carolo Bautista fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Basilio Perico having to interfere. Rodrigo Sandalio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Basilio Perico tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rodrigo Sandalio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

If Carolo Bautista had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Basilio Perico took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carolo Bautista, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Aristides Henric came up free with the goalie in the 68th minute, the THE GOAT✓ 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 Aristides Henric couldn't finish the play. After having played for 74 minutes, Narciso Heriberto managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. THE GOAT✓'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Narciso Heriberto was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Basilio Perico took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carolo Bautista, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 80th minute, Santos Tiso got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 84th minute Carolo Bautista shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Basilio Perico saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Victoriano Seguinus during the 89th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Victoriano Seguinus hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. THE GOAT✓ walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.