League Play-Off

Estadio Concepción
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. Arsenio Bemabe started the match with the kick off. Ovidio Joseph hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Ruben Abella's late challenge caught a Concepción's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ruben Abella helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Copina's Ruben Abella got a free kick in the 5th minute. David Quilo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Domingo Pitin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Christian Beila received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Domingo Pitin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Concepción's Eustaquio Ortle got a free kick in the 15th minute. Baltasar Sustrai showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alejandro Mero, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by David Quilo in the 30th minute of play forced Copina's goalkeeper Domingo Pitin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 32 minutes, David Quilo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Concepción's supporters crossed their fingers, but David Quilo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Arsenio Bemabe sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ovidio Joseph's late challenge caught a Concepción's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ovidio Joseph helped the player get up and apologised. In the 37th minute, Ovidio Joseph hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. David Quilo struck a weak shot in the 40th minute. Domingo Pitin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Concepción. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rosendo Nabar in the 43rd minute of play forced Copina's goalkeeper Domingo Pitin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Baltasar Sustrai showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arsenio Bemabe in the 45th minute of the match. 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 hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for David Quilo to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Francisco Weather in the 52nd minute of play forced Copina's goalkeeper Domingo Pitin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Copina's Alejandro Mero got a good chance for a goal in the 53rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 54 minutes, Rosendo Nabar mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Concepción and the Copina players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 62 minutes of play, Concepción's David Quilo made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Domingo Pitin was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling David Quilo in the 70th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Domingo Pitin prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Alejandro Mero received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Baltasar Sustrai tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alejandro Meros short, quick shot in the 77thth minute got Baltasar Sustrai to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Francisco Weather during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Francisco Weather hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. After having played for 79 minutes, Alejandro Mero managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Copina's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alejandro Mero was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Alejandro Mero sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Concepción's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.