League Play-Off

Estadio Glew
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, 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. Jose Elivareo started the match with the kick off. 7 minutes into the match, Glew's Americo Pedroso sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Evelio Padro narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 9th minute, Nicolas Jax ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Americo Bras was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Nicolas Jax fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Americo Bras having to interfere. 14 minutes into the match, Bajada's goalkeeper Evelio Padro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Americo Pedroso. Americo Bras showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicolas Jax, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Bajada's Nicolas Jax got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jose Elivareo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Evelio Padro having to interfere. Americo Pedroso could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Evelio Padro made a huge save. Americo Bras showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicolas Jax, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. In the 34th minute Nicolas Jax shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Americo Bras saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jose Elivareo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Evelio Padro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Glew's Americo Bras played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adrian Niva in the 42nd minute of play. Americo Pedroso sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nicolas Jax to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Nicolas Jax fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Americo Bras, passed just outside the right post. Nicolas Jax recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 57th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Nicolas Jax received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Americo Bras tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bajada's Evelio Padro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jose Elivareo in the 62nd minute of play. Damaso Eusko's late challenge caught a Glew's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Damaso Eusko helped the player get up and apologised. Americo Bras was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Nicolas Jax showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-2 in the 72 minute of play. Nicolas Jax fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Americo Bras having to interfere. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 78th minute of the game. One of Glew:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Bajada:s goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Adrian Niva got free with Americo Bras in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Americo Bras was a little too slow when Nicolas Jax got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 88th minute. The score was now 2-3. Eduardo Gotzon kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match. Marco Lastur missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 98 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Evelio Padro right hand side. When Americo Pedroso came up free with the goalie in the 101st minute, the Glew fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Americo Pedroso couldn't finish the play. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Bajada eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.