League Play-Off

Estadio Guañacos
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Hugo Mannie kicked off to start the match. Placido Gorbea received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Severiano Gaizkine tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hermengildo Estebano recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 8th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 12 minutes, Isaias Elija mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Machagai FC and the Guañacos FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 13th match minute, Machagai FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Isaias Elija to maneuver through the defense. Placido Gorbea 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. Placido Gorbea recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 21st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Placido Gorbea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hermengildo Estebano during the 32nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Hermengildo Estebano kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. Placido Gorbea struck a weak shot in the 33rd minute. Severiano Gaizkine didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Machagai FC. Severiano Gaizkine stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Remigio Thomas's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. Placido Gorbea recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 44th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Remigio Thomas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Placido Gorbea to make the kick off. Remigio Thomas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Severiano Gaizkine tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 56th minute Hugo Mannie shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zacarias Cai saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Hugo Mannie came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the Guañacos 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 Hugo Mannie couldn't finish the play. Placido Gorbea fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Severiano Gaizkine having to interfere. When Celso Inge came up free with the goalie in the 68th minute, the Machagai 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 Celso Inge couldn't finish the play. In the 70th minute, Placido Gorbea fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. In the 72nd minute, Placido Gorbea 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. Ermegildo Truylos recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 75th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Celso Inge charged in rather forcefully in the 86th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Celso Inge the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Celso Inge hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. Placido Gorbea sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Remigio Thomas in the 92nd minute of play forced Guañacos FC's goalkeeper Severiano Gaizkine to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Placido Gorbea managed to get in a good position for a shot. Machagai FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Placido Gorbea was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Severiano Gaizkine breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Machagai FC were unable to convert their possession into goals, allowing Guañacos FC to leave the ground with a draw.