League Play-Off

Estadio Cululil
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) After a defensive mix-up in Cululil's zone, Aristeo Paillalef stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gualberto Manieu came out of the goal and Aristeo Paillalef tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Aristeo Paillalef received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Gualberto Manieu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eber Aldea in the 8th minute of play forced Planchada's goalkeeper Albert Lefebre to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eber Aldea received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Albert Lefebre tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Eber Aldea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gualberto Manieu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aristeo Paillalef in the 22nd minute of the match. Planchada's Albert Lefebre played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eber Aldea in the 26th minute of play. Tinguaro Albuerne might have been able to make a better finish in the 35th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Albert Lefebre. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tinguaro Albuerne ran back to his position shaking his head. After 37 minutes of play, Cululil's Tinguaro Albuerne made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Albert Lefebre was left in no man's land by his defense there! Eber Aldea received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Albert Lefebre tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tinguaro Albuerne sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Eber Aldea was the one to do the kick off. If Jordi Laferte had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 58 minutes into the game, Disvandis Santana was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Cululil's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Planchada the free kick. In the 61st minute, Tinguaro Albuerne left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cululil fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. In the 68th minute, Planchada's Justo Tagle dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. After some careless play in the Planchada defense, Tinguaro Albuerne kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Albert Lefebre. The Planchada fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Albert Lefebre should have stopped the shot. Cululil's Gualberto Manieu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jordi Laferte in the 80th minute of play. If Jordi Laferte had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gualberto Manieu came out of the goal in the 90th minute to try and stop a shot by Planchada's Aristeo Paillalef. But to his dismay, Aristeo Paillalef quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.