League Play-Off

Estadio Saracota
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Romildo Quintupil started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Balendín Barril fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fulco Davidovits having to interfere. In the 8th minute, Romildo Quintupil 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. Salomón Brizuela hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Victor Rojas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Polvareda getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Eustaquio Bünzli hit a great ball. Romildo Quintupil received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Rodrigo Galaz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Romildo Quintupil's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rodrigo Galaz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 25th minute of play. Rodrigo Galaz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from César Munita, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Saracota's zone, César Munita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rodrigo Galaz came out of the goal and César Munita tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Balendín Barril fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fulco Davidovits having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Balendín Barril in the 42nd minute of play forced Polvareda's goalkeeper Fulco Davidovits to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eustaquio Bünzli charged in rather forcefully in the 43rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eustaquio Bünzli the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Balendín Barril 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 players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Balendín Barril stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Balendín Barril shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fulco Davidovits saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rodrigo Galaz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Romildo Quintupil, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. After 65 played minutes Saracota got a freekick which was hit by Victor Rojas. Fulco Davidovits showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victor Rojas, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Fulco Davidovits showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Balendín Barril in the 70th minute of the match. 74 minutes into the match, Romildo Quintupil dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Rodrigo Galaz, 1-1. Saracota's Rodrigo Galaz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save Saracota from getting a goal against them. In the 80th minute, Balendín Barril 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. Saracota's Hernán Falcone got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Victor Rojas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 95 minutes, Romildo Quintupil managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Polvareda's supporters crossed their fingers, but Romildo Quintupil was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Polvareda's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.