League Play-Off

Cutihuano
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Lázaro Becerra made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute, Xabier Castelblanco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cutihuano AFC's Lander Altamirano shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 4th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Josías Veloso but with some difficulty. When the match clock showed 7 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Kahraman Maras sped through Pua's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Josías Veloso. In the 11th match minute, Pua was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Horacio Antonioletti to maneuver through the defense. In the 14th minute, Kahraman Maras made a precise shot to the right of Josías Veloso. Pua's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Kahraman Maras could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but Josías Veloso made a huge save. 19 minutes into the match, Lázaro Becerra dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Josías Veloso, 3-0. Fabio Vivas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Horacio Antonioletti, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. After 27 minutes Pua's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Lander Altamirano who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Cutihuano AFC's Lander Altamirano to fire away a dangerous shot which Josías Veloso despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Xabier Castelblanco's late challenge caught a Cutihuano AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Xabier Castelblanco helped the player get up and apologised. In the 31st minute of the match Lander Altamirano sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Josías Veloso skillfully saved the ball. Josías Veloso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lázaro Becerra in the 33rd minute of the match. With his leg Josías Veloso managed to avoid a goal in the 35thth minute, when Cutihuano AFC's Amato Albano fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Josías Veloso made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kahraman Maras in the 36th minute. In the 37th minute, Lázaro Becerra 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. After recieving a nice pass, Cutihuano AFC's Lander Altamirano tried to score from far away in the 43rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 45th minute, Xabier Castelblanco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 47th minute, Kahraman Maras left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cutihuano AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0.

Josías Veloso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kahraman Maras, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lázaro Becerra in the 60th minute of play forced Pua's goalkeeper Josías Veloso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lázaro Becerra in the 60th minute of play forced Pua's goalkeeper Josías Veloso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Josías Veloso stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lázaro Becerra's shot from short distance in the 69th minute. Josías Veloso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lázaro Becerra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lázaro Becerra in the 73rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Josías Veloso saved Pua from getting behind. After 81 minutes, Remicio Durney mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pua and the Cutihuano AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 81st minute, Remicio Durney hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Josías Veloso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lázaro Becerra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Josías Veloso stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kahraman Maras's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kahraman Maras in the 88th minute of play forced Pua's goalkeeper Josías Veloso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 89 minutes, Horacio Antonioletti took a quick shot and it went in 5-1 without a chance for Fabio Vivas to make any attempt to save it. Josías Veloso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kahraman Maras, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. During the 94th minute of the match Xabier Castelblanco completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Xabier Castelblanco a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 94th match minute, Pua was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xabier Castelblanco to maneuver through the defense. In the 96th minute, Kahraman Maras ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Josías Veloso was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-1. When the referee ended the match the Cutihuano AFC players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.