League Play-Off

El Roble Estadio
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Antonio Oberto started the match with the kick off. The audience was convinced that Emiliano Peralta's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cesar Zapata was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. In the 5th minute Moisés Pérez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicolás Urane saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Enrique Osorio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cesar Zapata having to interfere. Enrique Osorio charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Enrique Osorio the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Cesar Zapata took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emiliano Peralta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sebastián García hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Cesar Zapata showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antonio Oberto in the 24th minute of the match. Emiliano Peralta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Antonio Oberto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Rolando Chavez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rolando Chavez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nicolás Urane having to interfere. Enrique Osorio recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 42nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Rolando Chavez made a kick off. In the 52nd minute, Moisés Pérez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nicolás Urane was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Emiliano Peralta blasted a shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cesar Zapata having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antonio Oberto in the 59th minute of play forced El Roble F.C.'s goalkeeper Cesar Zapata to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arraiján F.C.'s Nicolás Urane played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rolando Chavez in the 60th minute of play. 70 minutes into the match, El Roble F.C.'s goalkeeper Cesar Zapata had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Emiliano Peralta. Arraiján F.C. were awarded a corner in the 72th minute after El Roble F.C.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Elias Perez took the corner. Arraiján F.C.'s Hermes Arauz was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Cesar Zapata in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 79th minute, Antonio Oberto reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Cesar Zapata. The goal made the score 3-2. Rolando Chavez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Nicolás Urane tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 91 minutes, Moisés Pérez managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. El Roble F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Moisés Pérez was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. El Roble F.C. had won after a very even match.