League Play-Off

Estadio Lagunita
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gaston Loiola started the match with the kick off. Lagunita's Silvestre Papo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gaston Loiola in the 4th minute of play. Silvio Miliano could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 5th minute of the match, but Herminio Adrio made a huge save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ermegildo Evarado during the 8th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Lagunita getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Ermegildo Evarado hit a great ball. In the 9thth minute of the game Amador Etxahun who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Lagunita's Silvestre Papo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Herminio Adrio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ermegildo Evarado in the 12th minute of the match. In the 14th minute, Aaron Handi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lagunita's Silvestre Papo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amador Etxahun in the 16th minute of play. In the 19th minute, Amador Etxahun 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. In the 21st minute, Abel Belo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cornelio Gaxan took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 22nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Silvestre Papo. Lagunita's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. If Amador Etxahun had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Silvio Miliano blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Herminio Adrio having to make a save. Gaston Loiola fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Silvestre Papo having to interfere. After 32 minutes, Maximiliano Errando mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lagunita and the Nacimienta FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Maximiliano Errando hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. In the 34th minute Amador Etxahun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silvestre Papo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Silvestre Papo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amador Etxahun, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. The audience was convinced that Gaston Loiola's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Silvestre Papo was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. Herminio Adrio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ermegildo Evarado in the 43rd minute of play. Amador Etxahun received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Silvestre Papo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Ermegildo Evarado made the kick off in the second half. Silvestre Papo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gaston Loiola, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Herminio Adrio came out of the goal in the 57th minute to try and stop a shot by Lagunita's Ermegildo Evarado. But to his dismay, Ermegildo Evarado quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. If Silvio Miliano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Rene Rosio fell near the penalty area in the 64th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Nacimienta FC's protests and gave Rene Rosio a yellow card for diving instead. In the 65th match minute, Nacimienta FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rene Rosio to maneuver through the defense. Ermegildo Evarado recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 72nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Rene Rosio hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. When Ermegildo Evarado came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Lagunita 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 Ermegildo Evarado couldn't finish the play. In the 78thth minute of the game Ermegildo Evarado who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Nacimienta FC's Herminio Adrio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 79th minute, Elvio Esdras hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ermegildo Evarado received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Herminio Adrio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Rene Rosio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rene Rosio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 94th minute of the match, but Silvestre Papo made a huge save. When Amador Etxahun came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the Nacimienta FC 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 Amador Etxahun couldn't finish the play. Lagunita were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Nacimienta FC for a fine match.