League Play-Off

Palestino Estadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Cristiano Cifuentes started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The supporters of C.D. Unión Arabe booed when Mani was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bermejo Baracaldo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Albino Bahamondes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tinguaro Mariño in the 12th minute of the match. After 18 minutes of play, C.D. Unión Arabe's Amauri Batista made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Albino Bahamondes was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Mani's Remi Bühler got a free kick in the 23rd minute. C.D. Unión Arabe's Ralf Tilling played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristiano Cifuentes in the 27th minute of play. 29 minutes into the game, one of Mani:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the match had been going on for 31 minutes, C.D. Unión Arabe's Tinguaro Mariño got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Albino Bahamondes. Jose Ramon De la Quintana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With his leg Albino Bahamondes managed to avoid a goal in the 43rdth minute, when C.D. Unión Arabe's Israel Gafo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

A collision led to Mani getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Prudentio Abarzua hit a great ball. Mani's Albino Bahamondes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Israel Gafo in the 52nd minute of play. Albino Bahamondes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tinguaro Mariño in the 53rd minute of play. Mani's Albino Bahamondes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Israel Gafo in the 56th minute of play. 59 minutes into the match, Mani's goal looked a bit too open when Hilario Giraldo came free, but Albino Bahamondes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tinguaro Mariño in the 61st minute of play forced Mani's goalkeeper Albino Bahamondes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Amauri Batista during the 68th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Amauri Batista hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bermejo Baracaldo during the 69th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Mani's Bermejo Baracaldo got a free kick in the 69th minute. After 72 played minutes Mani got a freekick which was hit by Bermejo Baracaldo. Albino Bahamondes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tinguaro Mariño in the 89th minute of play. A collision led to Mani getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Remi Bühler hit a great ball. C.D. Unión Arabe were awarded a corner in the 92th minute after Mani's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Laureano Jullian took the corner. In the 93rd minute Tinguaro Mariño shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Albino Bahamondes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.