League Play-Off

Estadio Pachon
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Dario Tixido got the match started through his kick off. Carlos-Armando Balbin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dario Tixido, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. With his leg Carlos-Armando Balbin managed to avoid a goal in the 5thth minute, when Pachon FC's Rolando Cabrerizo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Asensio Gilavert in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Arévalo Preciado saved Pachon FC from getting behind. If Dario Tixido had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Arévalo Preciado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Asensio Gilavert, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. 21 minutes into the game, Eugenio Maldonado was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pachon FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Pienafaro the free kick. In the 21st match minute, Pachon FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eugenio Maldonado to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luciano Batalle in the 23rd minute of play forced Pachon FC's goalkeeper Arévalo Preciado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luciano Batalle fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arévalo Preciado having to interfere. 27 minutes into the match, Pachon FC's goal looked a bit too open when Asensio Gilavert came free, but Arévalo Preciado reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Xamo Obina hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. In the 32nd minute Rolando Cabrerizo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlos-Armando Balbin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 39th minute, Xamo Obina left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Pienafaro fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 44th minute, Xamo Obina ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Arévalo Preciado was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Carlos-Armando Balbin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dario Tixido in the 47th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

After 52 minutes, Rolando Cabrerizo made it 1-2 with a short kick to the right side. Pienafaro's Carlos-Armando Balbin tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 61st minute Asensio Gilavert shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arévalo Preciado saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dario Tixido fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carlos-Armando Balbin having to interfere. 65 minutes into the match, Pienafaro's goal looked a bit too open when Eugenio Maldonado came free, but Carlos-Armando Balbin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luciano Batalle sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Asensio Gilavert in the 71st minute of play forced Pachon FC's goalkeeper Arévalo Preciado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Asensio Gilavert's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arévalo Preciado was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. Pienafaro's Carlos-Armando Balbin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rolando Cabrerizo in the 79th minute of play. After 79 played minutes Pienafaro got a freekick which was hit by Xamo Obina. Carlos-Armando Balbin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rolando Cabrerizo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Rolando Cabrerizo came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the Pachon FC 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 Rolando Cabrerizo couldn't finish the play. In the 92nd minute of the match Valerio Güemes sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Arévalo Preciado skillfully saved the ball. The Pachon FC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Pienafaro's performance. The match ended with a win for Pienafaro.