League Play-Off

Zumbagua
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Pablo Vialpando started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Julian Pedreira hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. If Juan Alcolea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 11 minutes, Emanuel Trejo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the UD Zumbagua and the CD Tumpain players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 11th minute, Emanuel Trejo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 12th minute of the match Xizavier Jordana sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Braulio Santecilla skillfully saved the ball. Juan Alcolea received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Braulio Santecilla tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Christobal Lojo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rosero Castroverde, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. In the 24th minute, Zernin Mejia made a precise shot to the right of Christobal Lojo. CD Tumpain's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. In the 30th minute, Rosero Castroverde made a precise shot to the right of Christobal Lojo. CD Tumpain's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. In the 36th minute the ball was on its way in behind UD Zumbagua's goalkeeper Braulio Santecilla, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 38th match minute, CD Tumpain was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Villagra Muga to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as Rosero Castroverde kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Christobal Lojo. That made the score 3-0 in the 41 minute of play. Rosero Castroverde received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Christobal Lojo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rosero Castroverde stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Roberto Bartolomei hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. CD Tumpain's Christobal Lojo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zernin Mejia in the 58th minute of play. Juan Alcolea sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Christobal Lojo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rosero Castroverde in the 67th minute of the match. Rosero Castroverde sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 74 minutes into the match, Juan Alcolea notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of UD Zumbagua's Braulio Santecilla. Braulio Santecilla was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some careless play in the CD Tumpain defense, Zernin Mejia kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Christobal Lojo. The CD Tumpain fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Christobal Lojo should have stopped the shot. Emanuel Trejo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Christobal Lojo having to interfere. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. UD Zumbagua had played much better football throughout.