League Play-Off

Yacuambi
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Manuel Abeitia took the kick off in the first half of the match. 3 minutes into the match, UD Yacuambi's goal looked a bit too open when Roris Irala came free, but Bruno Burgo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lastra Carrandi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Xosepe Horihuela tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bruno Burgo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roris Irala, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. In the 17th minute, Manuel Abeitia ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Xosepe Horihuela was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Guamán Lalo hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Lastra Carrandi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Guamán Lalo charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Guamán Lalo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 26th match minute, Tiopamba was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guamán Lalo to maneuver through the defense. In the 27th minute, Marcelo Villalambrus had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. Manuel Abeitia charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Manuel Abeitia the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to UD Yacuambi getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Manuel Abeitia hit a great ball. UD Yacuambi's Bruno Burgo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guamán Lalo in the 30th minute of play. Jorge Aro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 39 minutes into the match, Tiopamba's goalkeeper Xosepe Horihuela had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lastra Carrandi. During the 39th minute of the match Guamán Lalo completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Guamán Lalo a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Guamán Lalo hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. After 43 minutes of play, UD Yacuambi's Lastra Carrandi made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Xosepe Horihuela was left in no man's land by his defense there! Lastra Carrandi took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Xosepe Horihuela. Xosepe Horihuela dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell David Figueiras to make the kick off. If Manuel Abeitia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 58th minute, David Figueiras hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 59th minute of the match Pedro Collador sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Xosepe Horihuela skillfully saved the ball. Manuel Abeitia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Manuel Abeitia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Xosepe Horihuela tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 70th minute Jorge Aro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bruno Burgo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Manuel Abeitia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jorge Aro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bruno Burgo having to interfere. Lastra Carrandi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Manuel Abeitia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xosepe Horihuela having to interfere. Villota Ciencabrero charged in rather forcefully in the 86th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Villota Ciencabrero the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Lastra Carrandi struck a weak shot in the 91st minute. Xosepe Horihuela didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for UD Yacuambi. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lastra Carrandi in the 93rd minute of play forced Tiopamba's goalkeeper Xosepe Horihuela to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 95th minute, Lastra Carrandi got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. UD Yacuambi had won after a very even match.