League Play-Off

Tucumana
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Alejandro Lastur took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 6th match minute, C.A SAN NICOLAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Isidro Ramos to maneuver through the defense. Alejandro Lastur sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 15 minutes of play, Bitter Fate's Paolo Bautista made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Benedicto Eguen was left in no man's land by his defense there! Francisco Perpinya made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulo Berenguer in the 19th minute of play. 23 minutes into the match, Paolo Bautista notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of C.A SAN NICOLAS's Benedicto Eguen. Benedicto Eguen was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Damian Guipuzkoa fell near the penalty area in the 28th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored C.A SAN NICOLAS's protests and gave Damian Guipuzkoa a yellow card for diving instead. In a very dangerous position, a player in C.A SAN NICOLAS fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 27th minute. Penalty! In the 29th minute there was a penalty for Bitter Fate. Cristo Llorenc stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Benedicto Eguen. 3-0. Paolo Bautista sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Paolo Bautista had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 35th minute, Epifanio Sidoro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Alejandro Lastur had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Paolo Bautista sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 43rd minute, Ambrosio Manny hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Isidro Ramos made a kick off. Ernesto Jobo kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Bitter Fate's zone, Paulo Berenguer stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Francisco Perpinya came out of the goal and Paulo Berenguer tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 56 minutes of play, Bitter Fate's Alejandro Lastur made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Benedicto Eguen was left in no man's land by his defense there! Paolo Bautista fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benedicto Eguen having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Alejandro Lastur managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bitter Fate's supporters rose to their feet, but Alejandro Lastur was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Benedicto Eguen breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Paolo Bautista came up free with the goalie in the 68th minute, the Bitter Fate 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 Paolo Bautista couldn't finish the play. Alejandro Lastur sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paolo Bautista in the 74th minute of play forced C.A SAN NICOLAS's goalkeeper Benedicto Eguen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. C.A SAN NICOLAS's Benedicto Eguen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alejandro Lastur in the 76th minute of play. Benedicto Eguen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alejandro Lastur, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alejandro Lastur received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Benedicto Eguen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Benedicto Eguen stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Paolo Bautista's shot from short distance in the 83rd minute. Benedicto Eguen didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Bitter Fate's Alejandro Lastur shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 6-0 in the ordered_time% minute. C.A SAN NICOLAS's Benedicto Eguen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alejandro Lastur in the 88th minute of play. C.A SAN NICOLAS's Benedicto Eguen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alejandro Lastur in the 89th minute of play. In the 91st minute, Paulo Berenguer ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Francisco Perpinya was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-1. After a rather tough play, Bitter Fate's Jeremias Furman got a free kick in the 94th minute.