League Play-Off

Estadio Calhua
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Romero Bringas started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Palopamba's Valiente Viana proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save Palopamba from getting a goal against them. Alvarez Urbina might have been able to make a better finish in the 15th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Valiente Viana. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alvarez Urbina ran back to his position shaking his head. Stalin Villachica showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jesus Pereceira, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Valiente Viana didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Criban Vizcaino went, in the 22nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Jesus Pereceira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Xosepe Labastida sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Valiente Viana came out of the goal in the 31st minute to try and stop a shot by Calhua SC's Criban Vizcaino. But to his dismay, Criban Vizcaino quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. An unexpected shot in the 37th minute by Romero Bringas got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Valiente Viana made an important save on a dangerous shot by Criban Vizcaino in the 39th minute. Valiente Viana made an important save on a dangerous shot by Criban Vizcaino in the 45th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Xosepe Labastida stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romero Bringas in the 55th minute of play forced Palopamba's goalkeeper Valiente Viana to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jesus Pereceira got free with Stalin Villachica in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that James Matesanz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stalin Villachica was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. Jesus Pereceira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Oswaldo Pedrera hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Stalin Villachica showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xosepe Labastida, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. In the 69th minute, Jesus Pereceira 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. Calhua SC's Stalin Villachica played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xosepe Labastida in the 71st minute of play. Lucas Logroño hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Jesus Pereceira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Valiente Viana took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Romero Bringas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Criban Vizcaino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 88th minute, Ordonez Amoros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Stalin Villachica showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xosepe Labastida in the 91st minute of the match. Criban Vizcaino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Valiente Viana tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Romero Bringas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Calhua SC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Palopamba had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.