League Play-Off

Tingo
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Trivniño Boliana got the match started through his kick off. 2 minutes into the match, CD Tingo's goal looked a bit too open when Ignacio Descapa came free, but Leonardo Escamilla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, CD Tingo's Darío Cobian got a free kick in the 6th minute. CD Tingo's Leonardo Escamilla played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ignacio Descapa in the 10th minute of play. If Hurtado Carne had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Robin Camus's late challenge caught a Niton's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Robin Camus helped the player get up and apologised. After 12 played minutes CD Tingo got a freekick which was hit by Robin Camus. Niton's Ignacio Descapa got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Hurtado Carne charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hurtado Carne the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Bustos Busta blasted a shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cornelio Cabrero having to make a save. After a defensive mix-up in Niton's zone, Trivniño Boliana stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cornelio Cabrero came out of the goal and Trivniño Boliana tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Trivniño Boliana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 35th minute of the match Salomon Lopez shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Leonardo Escamilla showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After some careless play in the CD Tingo defense, Hurtado Carne kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Leonardo Escamilla. The CD Tingo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Leonardo Escamilla should have stopped the shot. Leonardo Escamilla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hurtado Carne in the 41st minute of the match. CD Tingo's Leonardo Escamilla played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hurtado Carne in the 43rd minute of play. After having played for 47 minutes, Bustos Busta managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. CD Tingo's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bustos Busta was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Hurtado Carne to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anangonó Urbistondo in the 51st minute of play forced Niton's goalkeeper Cornelio Cabrero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to CD Tingo getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Darío Cobian hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ignacio Descapa got free with Leonardo Escamilla in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ignacio Descapa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Leonardo Malo fell near the penalty area in the 62nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Niton's protests and gave Leonardo Malo a yellow card for diving instead. After 62 played minutes Niton got a freekick which was hit by Leonardo Malo. After a defensive mix-up in Niton's zone, Bustos Busta stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cornelio Cabrero came out of the goal and Bustos Busta tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 66 minutes into the match, CD Tingo's Trivniño Boliana sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cornelio Cabrero narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Fernando Medina hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Niton defense, Bustos Busta kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cornelio Cabrero. The Niton fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cornelio Cabrero should have stopped the shot. Leonardo Escamilla was a little too slow when Ignacio Descapa got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 88th minute. The score was now 1-2. Cornelio Cabrero came out of the goal in the 93rd minute to try and stop a shot by CD Tingo's Bustos Busta. But to his dismay, Bustos Busta quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. The Niton players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented CD Tingo from taking control. The game ends in a draw.