League Play-Off

Maichin
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Nereo Jarpa started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Geofredo Portillo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mark Gaona having to interfere. If Pol Cabrera had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Oliverio Souza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Duardo Vargas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 11 played minutes Maichin got a freekick which was hit by Juliano Baeza. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Pol Cabrera in the 12th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Oliverio Souza saved Maichin from getting behind. In the 13th minute Duardo Vargas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oliverio Souza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 17 minutes, Orlando Torreblanca mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lampa and the Maichin players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Lampa getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Orlando Torreblanca hit a great ball. Geofredo Portillo scored 1-0 in the 18th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mark Gaona, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Carlos José Barcoj during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nereo Jarpa in the 23rd minute of play forced Lampa's goalkeeper Mark Gaona to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Maichin's Oliverio Souza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pol Cabrera in the 25th minute of play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 27th minute of the game. One of Lampa:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Maichin:s goal. Mark Gaona had in the 28thth minute some difficulties stopping Gonzalo Page's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. In the 29th minute, Duardo Vargas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 35th minute the ball was on its way in behind Maichin's goalkeeper Oliverio Souza, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Pol Cabrera's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Oliverio Souza read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 40th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 42 minutes, Nereo Jarpa took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Mark Gaona to make any attempt to save it. In the 45th minute the ball was on its way in behind Maichin's goalkeeper Oliverio Souza, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar.

In the 54th minute, Geofredo Portillo 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. Mark Gaona showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nereo Jarpa, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Oliverio Souza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Duardo Vargas in the 63rd minute of the match. Oliverio Souza made an important save on a dangerous shot by Pol Cabrera in the 64th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Geofredo Portillo in the 67th minute of play forced Lampa's goalkeeper Mark Gaona to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 68 minutes of play, Maichin's Nereo Jarpa made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mark Gaona was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 74th minute, Pol Cabrera made a precise shot to the right of Oliverio Souza. Maichin's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. In the 80th minute, Nereo Jarpa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Maichin fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. 84 minutes into the match, Duardo Vargas dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Oliverio Souza, 4-2. In the 88th minute, Maichin's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Pol Cabrera fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Lampa's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.