League Play-Off

South Shields
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Henry Navarro started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Henry Navarro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Edwin Bautista tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Henry Navarro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Edwin Bautista tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Henry Navarro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edwin Bautista having to interfere. Henry Navarro was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 15th minute. South Shields United's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Edwin Bautista made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fidel Vasquez in the 17th minute. In the 24thth minute of the game Mauro Salguero who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but South Shields United's Pedro Bustamante was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 27th minute, Julio Padilla 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. After a rather tough play, Southport's Hector Corpeño got a free kick in the 29th minute. 35 minutes into the match, Julio Padilla had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Edwin Bautista. Southport's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Julio Padilla was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Mauro Salguero fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Bustamante having to interfere. If Edgar Dubon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Edgar Dubon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Mauro Salguero made the kick off in the second half. Pedro Bustamante showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mauro Salguero in the 52nd minute of the match. After 57 played minutes, South Shields United's Camilo Ochoa shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Edwin Bautista came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in South Shields United reached it. After a defensive mix-up in Southport's zone, Henry Navarro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Edwin Bautista came out of the goal and Henry Navarro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 65th minute, South Shields United's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Edgar Dubon fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Southport's Edwin Bautista played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julio Padilla in the 66th minute of play. Edgar Dubon scored 1-1 in the 71st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pedro Bustamante, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 76th minute, Henry Navarro made a precise shot to the right of Edwin Bautista. Southport's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Southport's Edgar Dubon was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 81st play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. After having played for 84 minutes, Edgar Dubon managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Southport's supporters crossed their fingers, but Edgar Dubon was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 88 minutes into the match, South Shields United's Julio Padilla sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Edwin Bautista narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Henry Navarro in the 90th minute of play forced Southport's goalkeeper Edwin Bautista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.