League Play-Off

Estadio Cogollo
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Abelardo Florian kicked off to start the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Elias Marques in the 3rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Arnaldo Nuñez prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a rather tough play, Matos Stars's Ubaldo Inguma got a free kick in the 4th minute. The audience was convinced that Elias Marques's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arnaldo Nuñez was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elias Marques in the 9th minute of play forced Club Atletico Rompepera's goalkeeper Arnaldo Nuñez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Elias Marques fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arnaldo Nuñez having to interfere. 17 minutes into the match, Elias Marques notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Club Atletico Rompepera's Arnaldo Nuñez. Arnaldo Nuñez was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match clock showed 22 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Elias Marques sped through Club Atletico Rompepera's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Arnaldo Nuñez. Teodoro Birjaio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Efrain Pinto in the 28th minute of the match. Arif Gaffar Vecid charged in rather forcefully in the 29th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Arif Gaffar Vecid the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 31st minute, Jimeno Lia 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. After some careless play in the Club Atletico Rompepera defense, Elias Marques kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arnaldo Nuñez. The Club Atletico Rompepera fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arnaldo Nuñez should have stopped the shot. In the 42nd minute, Elias Marques ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Arnaldo Nuñez was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. The Club Atletico Rompepera players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Matos Stars were winning 0-4.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Elias Marques stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Elias Marques came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the Matos Stars 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 Elias Marques couldn't finish the play. Elias Marques sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 57 minutes into the game, Abelardo Florian was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Club Atletico Rompepera's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Matos Stars the free kick. The supporters of Matos Stars booed when Club Atletico Rompepera was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abelardo Florian didn't get a good kick on the ball. Arnaldo Nuñez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elias Marques in the 60th minute of play. Arnaldo Nuñez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elias Marques, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Arnaldo Nuñez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elias Marques in the 63rd minute of the match. If Jimeno Lia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Fernando Lia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ubaldo Inguma fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arnaldo Nuñez having to interfere. Jimeno Lia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Club Atletico Rompepera getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Fernando Lia hit a great ball. Efrain Pinto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Teodoro Birjaio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Elias Marques blasted a shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Arnaldo Nuñez having to make a save. Jimeno Lia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 86 played minutes Matos Stars got a freekick which was hit by Arif Gaffar Vecid. Abelardo Florian sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Matos Stars's Arif Gaffar Vecid got a free kick in the 97th minute. Matos Stars's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.