League Play-Off

Santiago
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Totin Nuñez took the kick off in the first half of the match. Edgardo Villalaz hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Marcos Orozco took the ball and in the 5 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Pedro Gil. Pedro Gil dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Luchito Herrera struck a weak shot in the 10th minute. Ricardo Paredes didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Santiago F.C.. In the 14th minute, Totin Nuñez left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Entradero F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. If Totin Nuñez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. If Milton González had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luchito Herrera fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricardo Paredes having to interfere. Juan Amaya charged in rather forcefully in the 39th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Juan Amaya the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Santiago F.C. booed when Entradero F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Juan Amaya didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Luchito Herrera had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ricardo Paredes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Milton González, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The wind increased when Milton González made the kick off in the second half. After 55 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Santiago F.C.! When the match had been going on for 57 minutes, Entradero F.C.'s Monchi Espino got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Pedro Gil. Milton González struck a weak shot in the 60th minute. Ricardo Paredes didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Santiago F.C.. Totin Nuñez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Pedro Gil tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ricardo Paredes came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by Santiago F.C.'s Milton González. But to his dismay, Milton González quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Leonidas Bermudez during the 70th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Santiago F.C. booed when Entradero F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leonidas Bermudez didn't get a good kick on the ball. A nice corner shot did that Edgardo Villalaz got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ricardo Paredes quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 75th play minute Marcos Orozco came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Pedro Gil. 1-4. After 78 played minutes Entradero F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Juan Amaya. Santiago F.C.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jaime Castillero in the 81st minute. After having played for 82 minutes, Luchito Herrera managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Santiago F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Luchito Herrera was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 86 minutes of play, Entradero F.C.'s Marcos Orozco made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pedro Gil was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 95th minute Totin Nuñez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Gil saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Totin Nuñez kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Pedro Gil. That made the score 1-6 in the 97 minute of play. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Entradero F.C. eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.