League Play-Off

Estadio Moromoro
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Walter Abeitia kicked off to start the match. Walter Astera sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 7th minute, Alonzo Mendibuey hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Walter Astera had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Walter Astera might have been able to make a better finish in the 11th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rixon Cardon. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Walter Astera ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 12th minute, Ruperto Bullan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Xuaco Leicea kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 14thth minute. Though ot was a great shot UD Tucos's keeper Rixon Cardon was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. Xuaco Leicea in the 15thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Rixon Cardon, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Rixon Cardon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Walter Astera in the 18th minute of the match. Santo Larquera received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Miguel Urrejola tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Moromoro's Xuaco Leicea got a good chance for a goal in the 24th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Xuaco Leicea's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 26thth minute, Rixon Cardon skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Julian Coco hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Miguel Urrejola took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Walter Abeitia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Julian Coco's late challenge caught a UD Tucos's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Julian Coco helped the player get up and apologised. Walter Abeitia's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Miguel Urrejola read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 35th minute of play. In the 37th minute, Xuaco Leicea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in UD Tucos's zone, Xuaco Leicea stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rixon Cardon came out of the goal and Xuaco Leicea tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some careless play in the UD Tucos defense, Xuaco Leicea kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rixon Cardon. The UD Tucos fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rixon Cardon should have stopped the shot.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Walter Astera to make the kick off. Insua Corono kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. After recieving a nice pass, UD Tucos's Leandro Santatis tried to score from far away in the 55th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After 58 minutes of play Moromoro's Julian Coco was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 59th match minute, Moromoro was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Julian Coco to maneuver through the defense. Santo Larquera hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alonzo Mendibuey during the 65th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 65th match minute, UD Tucos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alonzo Mendibuey to maneuver through the defense. Walter Abeitia blasted a shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Miguel Urrejola having to make a save. When Santo Larquera came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the UD Tucos 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 Santo Larquera couldn't finish the play. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Xuaco Leicea managed to get in a good position for a shot. Moromoro's supporters rose to their feet, but Xuaco Leicea was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rixon Cardon breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 85th minute, Xuaco Leicea 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. In the 90th minute Xuaco Leicea shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rixon Cardon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xuaco Leicea received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Rixon Cardon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Xuaco Leicea came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the Moromoro 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 Xuaco Leicea couldn't finish the play. Moromoro walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.