League Play-Off

Estadio Tinoco
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Haroldo Bittor kicked off to start the match. Romeo Munio in the 5thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Arturo Enol, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Erasmo Txerran showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Haroldo Bittor in the 10th minute of the match. Erasmo Txerran came out of the goal in the 11th minute to try and stop a shot by Billinghurst's Haroldo Bittor. But to his dismay, Haroldo Bittor quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. If Haroldo Bittor had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 18th minute, Romulo Lohitzun managed to get in a good position for a shot. Billinghurst's supporters rose to their feet, but Romulo Lohitzun was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Erasmo Txerran breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Erasmo Txerran made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Haroldo Bittor in the 20th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Romulo Lohitzun's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Erasmo Txerran was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Rosendo Ganix charged in rather forcefully in the 24th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rosendo Ganix the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Rosendo Ganix hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. If Haroldo Bittor had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match had gone on for 32 minutes, Haroldo Bittor put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Erasmo Txerran. Through an outstanding action, after 43 minutes, Arturo Enol successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. With his leg Arturo Enol managed to avoid a goal in the 44thth minute, when Tinoco's Romeo Munio fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Benicio Bemabe's late challenge caught a Tinoco's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Benicio Bemabe helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Billinghurst getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Benicio Bemabe hit a great ball. If Romeo Munio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jacobo Lastur stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Tinoco's Erasmo Txerran played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Haroldo Bittor in the 55th minute of play. 67 minutes into the match, Jacobo Lastur notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Billinghurst's Arturo Enol. Arturo Enol was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Arturo Enol took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Romeo Munio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Romulo Lohitzun took the ball and in the 72 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Erasmo Txerran. Erasmo Txerran dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romeo Munio in the 79th minute of play forced Billinghurst's goalkeeper Arturo Enol to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 80 played minutes Billinghurst got a freekick which was hit by Carmelo Fagondo. Jacobo Lastur received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Arturo Enol tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Narciso Delfino kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. With a little luck, Tinoco's Erasmo Txerran got control of the ball when Romulo Lohitzun tried to sneak it across the goal line. Romulo Lohitzun received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Erasmo Txerran tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Erasmo Txerran made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Haroldo Bittor in the 89th minute of play. Erasmo Txerran made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Romulo Lohitzun sent off a good shot on target. If Romulo Lohitzun had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Billinghurst's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.