League Play-Off

Cachillacta
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Miguel Bances made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rdth minute of the game Xinaro Morejon who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cachillacta FC's Inocencio Mangual was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Mates SC's Jairo Amo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Norberto Paza in the 5th minute of play. Norberto Paza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jairo Amo having to interfere. Jairo Amo made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Norberto Paza sent off a good shot on target. Inocencio Mangual showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xinaro Morejon, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Norberto Paza got free with Jairo Amo in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jairo Amo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Miguel Bances's shot from short distance in the 15th minute. With an all-out effort, Cachillacta FC's Jairo Amo threw himself towards the right post 19 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Miguel Bances, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Inocencio Mangual took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xinaro Morejon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Cachillacta FC's zone, Castillo Armida stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Inocencio Mangual came out of the goal and Castillo Armida tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Inocencio Mangual made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xinaro Morejon in the 29th minute of play. Jairo Amo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Norberto Paza in the 35th minute. If Castillo Armida had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Castillo Armida scored 0-1 in the 43rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Inocencio Mangual, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 47th match minute, Mates SC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Castillo Armida to maneuver through the defense. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Xinaro Morejon stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After having played for 53 minutes, Xinaro Morejon managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mates SC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Xinaro Morejon was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Inocencio Mangual came out of the goal in the 55th minute to try and stop a shot by Mates SC's Castillo Armida. But to his dismay, Castillo Armida quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Venceslas Sarries took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 60th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Inocencio Mangual. Cachillacta FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Casado Tejadillo kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. In the 66th minute of the match Mates SC got a corner. Cachillacta FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Reasco Alaez ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Mates SC's Reasco Alaez to fire away a dangerous shot which Inocencio Mangual despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Miguel Bances received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Jairo Amo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 81 minutes into the match, Xinaro Morejon dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Inocencio Mangual, 0-4. Jairo Amo didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Cachillacta FC's Miguel Bances shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-4 in the ordered_time% minute. Xinaro Morejon's late challenge caught a Cachillacta FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Xinaro Morejon helped the player get up and apologised. The Mates SC players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.