League Play-Off

Arena Nacional
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Lucas Beltran started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, El Dorado's Charles Thompson got a free kick in the 3rd minute. A collision led to FC Nacional getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Enrique Rayman hit a great ball. Billy Chancellor received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Cipriano Virila tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cipriano Virila showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Billy Chancellor in the 15th minute of the match. El Dorado's Darryl Ramdin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save El Dorado from getting a goal against them. Darryl Ramdin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Güray Altunışık went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. In the 23rd minute of the match FC Nacional got a corner. El Dorado's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Enrique Rayman ran over to the corner to take the kick. 25 minutes into the match, Lucas Beltran had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Darryl Ramdin. El Dorado's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lucas Beltran was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Darryl Ramdin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucas Beltran, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Cipriano Virila showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Billy Chancellor in the 31st minute of the match. FC Nacional's Lucas Beltran was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 33rd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Charles Thompson in the 36th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cipriano Virila saved FC Nacional from getting behind. Lucas Beltrans short, quick shot in the 41stth minute got Darryl Ramdin to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. A hard shot 44 in the game by Lucas Beltran from a close distance when the talented Darryl Ramdin managed to make a qualified save. El Dorado's players were relieved. Charles Thompson hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Mervyn Jagdeosingh received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Cipriano Virila tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 56 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when FC Nacional's Lucas Beltran fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. After 66 minutes of play, FC Nacional's Lucas Beltran made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Darryl Ramdin was left in no man's land by his defense there! FC Nacional's Michael Ekenberg was substituted for Aurelio Florian. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mervyn Jagdeosingh got free with Cipriano Virila in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of FC Nacional booed when El Dorado was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Charles Thompson didn't get a good kick on the ball. 78 minutes into the match, El Dorado's goal looked a bit too open when Lucas Beltran came free, but Darryl Ramdin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lloyd Hospedales in the 80th minute of play forced FC Nacional's goalkeeper Cipriano Virila to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Darryl Ramdin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucas Beltran in the 83rd minute of play. When Lucas Beltran came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the FC Nacional 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 Lucas Beltran couldn't finish the play. Lucas Beltran fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Darryl Ramdin having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in El Dorado's zone, Lucas Beltran stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Darryl Ramdin came out of the goal and Lucas Beltran tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.