League Play-Off

Pique
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) After 6 minutes, Ciro Urdaspal mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pique and the Rivadavia players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 6th match minute, Pique was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ciro Urdaspal to maneuver through the defense. Roque Estevez took the ball and in the 7 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Amador Handi. Amador Handi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 10th minute, Anacleto Opilano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Reynaldo Paulin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Ivan Quilo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Amador Handi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alejo Arlo in the 13th minute of the match. In the 14th minute Roque Estevez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amador Handi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Roque Estevez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Antonio Playo took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 28th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Amador Handi. Pique's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. When Cirilo Gelmiro fell near the penalty area in the 28th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Pique's protests and gave Cirilo Gelmiro a yellow card for diving instead. After 29 played minutes Pique got a freekick which was hit by Cirilo Gelmiro. Reynaldo Paulin took the ball and in the 32 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ivan Quilo. Ivan Quilo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. During the 38th minute of the match Ciro Urdaspal completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Ciro Urdaspal a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Roque Estevez took the ball and in the 42 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Amador Handi. Amador Handi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. Godofredo Maraman charged in rather forcefully in the 45th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Godofredo Maraman the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 46 played minutes Pique got a freekick which was hit by Godofredo Maraman. Roque Estevez scored 1-3 in the 46th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Amador Handi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Alejo Arlo to strike the kick off in the second half. Thanks to some nice moves Roque Estevez could shoot a difficult shot in the 54th minute, which Amador Handi however easily saved by the left post. Amador Handi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alejo Arlo in the 57th minute of play. In the 59th minute, Roque Estevez 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. Amador Handi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alejo Arlo in the 62nd minute of play. Roque Estevez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Amador Handi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Amador Handi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alejo Arlo, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Reynaldo Paulin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Reynaldo Paulin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivan Quilo having to interfere. After 82 played minutes Rivadavia got a freekick which was hit by Anacleto Opilano. Ivan Quilo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cirilo Gelmiro's shot from short distance in the 85th minute. In the 86th match minute, Rivadavia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Damaso Txaran to maneuver through the defense. The Rivadavia supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Rivadavia would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.