League Play-Off

Carinagua
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Claudio Seron took the kick off in the first half of the match. Obano Regules made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nayely Roque in the 5th minute of play. In the 9th minute Nayely Roque shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Obano Regules saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ongile Herencia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Obano Regules having to interfere. If Claudio Seron had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Araoz Leonor kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. After recieving a nice pass, Carinagua FC's Vicemte Movilla tried to score from far away in the 17th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After 19 played minutes Carinagua FC got a freekick which was hit by Placido Leys. Emilio Abechuco hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Alfredo Barrasa was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Claudio Seron showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 24 minute of play. Placido Leys kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Carinagua FC's zone, Ongile Herencia stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Obano Regules came out of the goal and Ongile Herencia tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Nayely Roque's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Obano Regules was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. Nayely Roque received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Obano Regules tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 45 minutes into the match, Ricardo FC's Ongile Herencia sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Obano Regules narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 45 played minutes Carinagua FC got a freekick which was hit by Balasi Cornejo. After a defensive mix-up in Ricardo FC's zone, Placido Leys stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alfredo Barrasa came out of the goal and Placido Leys tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nayely Roque stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Obano Regules made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nayely Roque in the 54th minute of play. If Claudio Seron had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alfredo Barrasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Placido Leys in the 64th minute of play. In the 68th match minute, Ricardo FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nayely Roque to maneuver through the defense. Turi Marto charged in rather forcefully in the 71st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Turi Marto the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Turi Marto kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Carinagua FC's zone, Leandro Seda stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Obano Regules came out of the goal and Leandro Seda tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 75th minute Nayely Roque shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Obano Regules saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alfredo Barrasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudio Seron in the 85th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudio Seron in the 87th minute of play forced Ricardo FC's goalkeeper Alfredo Barrasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Claudio Seron sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Placido Leys in the 92nd minute of play forced Ricardo FC's goalkeeper Alfredo Barrasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 99 minutes into the game, Nayely Roque recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Obano Regules. Nayely Roque showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-2. The Carinagua FC manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing Ricardo FC to win.