League Play-Off

Arrastradero
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Méndez Zaballos made the kick off which started today's match. Ismael Parandones might have been able to make a better finish in the 4th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Angel Varaona. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ismael Parandones ran back to his position shaking his head. Méndez Zaballos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Luis Melo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 8th match minute, CD Arrastradero was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Americo Guedella to maneuver through the defense. Méndez Zaballos charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Méndez Zaballos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Méndez Zaballos kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Jorge Domaquia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luis Melo having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in CD Arrastradero's zone, Jorge Domaquia stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Luis Melo came out of the goal and Jorge Domaquia tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Camilo Rafales hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. After having played for 27 minutes, Méndez Zaballos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tullapamba SC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Méndez Zaballos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 31st minute, Ramiro Lamarta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ramiro Lamarta hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. The attack was good, but when Azconzábal Mareide in the 35th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ismael Parandones in the 39th minute of play forced Tullapamba SC's goalkeeper Angel Varaona to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Urti Solier took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 43rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Luis Melo. CD Arrastradero's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. If Ramiro Lamarta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 49th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After the first half Tullapamba SC were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ismael Parandones stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Azconzábal Mareide received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Angel Varaona tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 58 minutes, Ismael Parandones managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. CD Arrastradero's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ismael Parandones was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Azconzábal Mareide managed to get in a good position for a shot. CD Arrastradero's supporters rose to their feet, but Azconzábal Mareide was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Angel Varaona breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Angel Varaona took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Azconzábal Mareide, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 64 minutes into the game, Azconzábal Mareide cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Angel Varaona was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When Jorge Domaquia came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Tullapamba SC 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 Jorge Domaquia couldn't finish the play. Jorge Domaquia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but Luis Melo made a huge save. Jorge Domaquia's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 74thth minute, Luis Melo skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Ismael Parandones struck a weak shot in the 76th minute. Angel Varaona didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for CD Arrastradero. Azconzábal Mareide might have been able to make a better finish in the 76th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Angel Varaona. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Azconzábal Mareide ran back to his position shaking his head. Luis Melo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jorge Domaquia in the 89th minute. Azconzábal Mareide fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Angel Varaona having to interfere. After having played for 93 minutes, Ismael Parandones managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. CD Arrastradero's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ismael Parandones was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jorge Domaquia took the ball and in the 97 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Luis Melo. Luis Melo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. Tullapamba SC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.