League Play-Off

Pucucary
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Urtungo Gamarra took the kick off in the first half of the match. If Reyes Verlo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 6 played minutes Faustino Mathey rounded Edwinardo FC's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. The crowd rose to their feet as Reyes Verlo kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Mauricio Belandia. That made the score 2-0 in the 12 minute of play. Zenon Angostina showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Urtungo Gamarra, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. When Carlos Zarraga fell near the penalty area in the 23rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored CD Pucucary's protests and gave Carlos Zarraga a yellow card for diving instead. Carlos Zarraga hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Zenon Angostina made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Urtungo Gamarra in the 25th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodney Escajedo in the 26th minute of play forced CD Pucucary's goalkeeper Zenon Angostina to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 28 minutes into the game, one of CD Pucucary:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Edwinardo FC a penalty, 31 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Cortez Navaes, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of CD Pucucary's Zenon Angostina. 2-1. In the 36th minute, Reyes Verlo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The CD Pucucary fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. After 39 minutes of play CD Pucucary's Carlos Zarraga was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 40th match minute, CD Pucucary was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carlos Zarraga to maneuver through the defense. Reyes Verlo's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 44thth minute, Mauricio Belandia skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Hector Casaponsa was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 48th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Reyes Verlo to make the kick off. Reyes Verlo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Mauricio Belandia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 56 minutes, Reyes Verlo put it in 4-1 from a short distance just to the right of Mauricio Belandia. Reyes Verlo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Mauricio Belandia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Urtungo Gamarra fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zenon Angostina having to interfere. In the 66th match minute, CD Pucucary was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Faustino Mathey to maneuver through the defense. In the 67thth minute of the game Urtungo Gamarra who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but CD Pucucary's Zenon Angostina was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Rodney Escajedo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in CD Pucucary's zone, Rodney Escajedo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zenon Angostina came out of the goal and Rodney Escajedo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 84th match minute, CD Pucucary was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Faustino Mathey to maneuver through the defense. 86 minutes into the game, CD Pucucary's Reyes Verlo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mauricio Belandia made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-1. If Reyes Verlo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Reyes Verlo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the referee ended the match the CD Pucucary players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.