League Play-Off

Estadio Alem
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Celestino Iturri got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to Alem FC getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Bruno Iturri hit a great ball. In the 5th minute of the match, Serafin Bertol tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Israel Franco saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Celestino Iturri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Eugenio Milian tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Apolo Gilesindo charged in rather forcefully in the 15th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Apolo Gilesindo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Serafin Bertol sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the Alem FC defense, Augusto Polentzi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eugenio Milian. The Alem FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eugenio Milian should have stopped the shot. 26 minutes into the match, Varela AFC's goalkeeper Israel Franco had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Julian Ellande. A collision led to Varela AFC getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Dalmacio Venceslao hit a great ball. Gustavo Beltxe recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 34th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Israel Franco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Serafin Bertol in the 37th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Varela AFC's zone, Julian Ellande stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Israel Franco came out of the goal and Julian Ellande tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Julian Ellande got free with Israel Franco in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Julian Ellande had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 49th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Serafin Bertol was the one to do the kick off. Julian Ellande received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Israel Franco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Israel Franco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Serafin Bertol in the 58th minute of the match. After 58 played minutes Varela AFC got a freekick which was hit by Apolo Gilesindo. Alem FC's Eugenio Milian played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Celestino Iturri in the 61st minute of play. In the 63rd minute Celestino Iturri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eugenio Milian saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Alem FC's zone, Augusto Polentzi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eugenio Milian came out of the goal and Augusto Polentzi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Gilberto Otsoko hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Apolo Gilesindo was shown his second yellow card after 68 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Apolo Gilesindo hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Julian Ellande fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Israel Franco having to interfere. After 81 played minutes Varela AFC got a freekick which was hit by Gustavo Beltxe. Varela AFC's Israel Franco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julian Ellande in the 87th minute of play. Gustavo Beltxe hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. 93 minutes into the game, Gilberto Otsoko was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Alem FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Varela AFC the free kick. In the 93rd minute, Gilberto Otsoko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The Varela AFC players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.