League Play-Off

Estadio Sausalito
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Pedro José Echeandía got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomás Fath in the 8th minute of play forced Pilocura's goalkeeper Sebastián Uribe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pablo Victoriano didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Abelardo Lobillo went, in the 9th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. The audience thought a goal was coming when Baudelio Saso got free with Sebastián Uribe in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some careless play in the hdp defense, Asier Marinovic kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pablo Victoriano. The hdp fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pablo Victoriano should have stopped the shot. The crowd rose to their feet as hdp's Tomás Fath slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Sebastián Uribe. That made the score 1-3 after 22 minutes of play. Sebastián Uribe came out of the goal in the 31st minute to try and stop a shot by hdp's Baudelio Saso. But to his dismay, Baudelio Saso quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-3. 36 minutes into the match, hdp's goal looked a bit too open when Asier Marinovic came free, but Pablo Victoriano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sebastián Uribe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomás Fath in the 46th minute of play. Henrico Parrau charged in rather forcefully in the 47th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Henrico Parrau the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 47th match minute, Pilocura was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Henrico Parrau to maneuver through the defense. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Baudelio Saso to strike the kick off in the second half. After having played for 58 minutes, Cipriano Leal managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. hdp's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cipriano Leal was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, hdp's Salvatore Acasuso got a free kick in the 63rd minute. Pedro José Echeandía sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 67 minutes into the game, Saturnín Turri cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-4. Pablo Victoriano was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomás Fath in the 80th minute of play forced Pilocura's goalkeeper Sebastián Uribe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 81 played minutes Pilocura got a freekick which was hit by Henrico Parrau. In the 83rd minute of the match, Pedro José Echeandía tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Pablo Victoriano saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 87thth minute of the game Tomás Fath who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pilocura's Sebastián Uribe was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Sebastián Uribe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Baudelio Saso in the 89th minute of play. 91 minutes into the match, Salvatore Acasuso had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sebastián Uribe. Pilocura's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Salvatore Acasuso was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-4. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tomás Fath in the 97th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sebastián Uribe prevented the ball from getting in the gole. For all the effort they put into the match, the Pilocura players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for hdp.