League Play-Off

Estadio Palermo
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cecilio Otoniel kicked off to start the match. After 6 played minutes Tapalqué got a freekick which was hit by Joel Remicio. If Domingos Balesio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Octavio Ixona's late challenge caught a Tapalqué 's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Octavio Ixona helped the player get up and apologised. In the 10th minute, Octavio Ixona hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 11th minute of the match Joel Remicio shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ciro Sindo showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. If Javier Ignatius had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Palermo's Ciro Sindo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Teo Celio in the 15th minute of play. Javier Ignatius sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When the match had gone on for 24 minutes, Javier Ignatius put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Ciro Sindo. Javier Ignatius received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Ciro Sindo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 31 minutes, Paulo Vela mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Palermo and the Tapalqué players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 32nd minute, Paulo Vela hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Palermo's Ciro Sindo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Javier Ignatius in the 34th minute of play. If Javier Ignatius had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 42nd minute, Domingos Balesio 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. After 43 played minutes Tapalqué got a freekick which was hit by Joel Remicio. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Astor Frutos during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 53 minutes into the game, one of Tapalqué :s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 56th minute there was a penalty for Palermo. Ruben Guilabertus stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Aquilino Berdoi. 1-1. Silvano Gregory's late challenge caught a Tapalqué 's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Silvano Gregory helped the player get up and apologised. Silvano Gregory hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Tapalqué 's Teo Celio got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Igor Hernando fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aquilino Berdoi having to interfere. In the 72ndth minute of the game Javier Ignatius who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Palermo's Ciro Sindo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 74th minute Javier Ignatius shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ciro Sindo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Teo Celio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ciro Sindo having to interfere. Tapalqué 's Aquilino Berdoi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cecilio Otoniel in the 79th minute of play. 80 minutes into the match, Palermo's goalkeeper Ciro Sindo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Teo Celio. 85 minutes into the match, Tapalqué 's goal looked a bit too open when Cecilio Otoniel came free, but Aquilino Berdoi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Domingos Balesio managed to get in a good position for a shot. Palermo's supporters rose to their feet, but Domingos Balesio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aquilino Berdoi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Tapalqué getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Joel Remicio hit a great ball. The Tapalqué players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Palermo from taking control. The game ends in a draw.