League Play-Off

Reto
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nafarroa Daniels kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, Huillo AFC's Eulalio Magalhaes got a free kick in the 4th minute. Esteban Mattensohn received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Cipriano Oyarce tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Nafarroa Daniels's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cipriano Oyarce was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. Nafarroa Daniels fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cipriano Oyarce having to interfere. Eduard Magnasco hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Maurilio Bari sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 28th minute of the match Javier Facuse shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Cipriano Oyarce showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. A collision led to Huillo AFC getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Bayron Liñán hit a great ball. Cipriano Oyarce showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nafarroa Daniels in the 29th minute of the match. 32 minutes into the game, Genaro Morales was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Reto AFC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Huillo AFC the free kick. In the 34th match minute, Reto AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Niceto Fornes to maneuver through the defense. Juan Miguel Vivas made a great header on Huillo AFC's corner, it was just that Reto AFC's Nereo Markmann managed to reach the ball for a save. Diego Davenport sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nafarroa Daniels received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Cipriano Oyarce tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 43 minutes into the match, Huillo AFC's goalkeeper Cipriano Oyarce had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Esteban Mattensohn. In the 44th match minute, Huillo AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eulalio Magalhaes to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as Nafarroa Daniels kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Cipriano Oyarce. That made the score 1-0 in the 47 minute of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Diego Davenport stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Maurilio Bari could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Nereo Markmann made a huge save. When Bayron Liñán came up free with the goalie in the 60th minute, the Huillo AFC 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 Bayron Liñán couldn't finish the play. If Esteban Mattensohn had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Esteban Mattensohn received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Cipriano Oyarce tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Esteban Mattensohn in the 81st minute of play forced Huillo AFC's goalkeeper Cipriano Oyarce to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Reto AFC's Nereo Markmann played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diego Davenport in the 82nd minute of play. With a little luck, Reto AFC's Nereo Markmann got control of the ball when Maurilio Bari tried to sneak it across the goal line. Esteban Mattensohn received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Cipriano Oyarce tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 95 minutes into the match, Esteban Mattensohn had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cipriano Oyarce. Huillo AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Esteban Mattensohn was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Reto AFC had won after a very even match.