League Play-Off

Estadio Ñacanguazú
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Bernabe Garaona started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 2nd minute, Damian Palban hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Benicio Santo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Ñacanguazú getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Tiburcio Henrico hit a great ball. Gorina FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Remigio Abel in the 9th minute. Venancio Olando scored 1-0 in the 11th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Baldomiro Lia, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benicio Santo in the 15th minute of play forced Ñacanguazú's goalkeeper Jeronimo Hernando to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Baldomiro Lia managed to avoid a goal in the 21stth minute, when Ñacanguazú's Eusebio Panpili fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Benicio Santo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jeronimo Hernando having to interfere. In the 26thth minute of the game Bernabe Garaona who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ñacanguazú's Jeronimo Hernando was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 30 minutes into the game, Fermin Lando was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Gorina FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ñacanguazú the free kick. Silvano Ezkerra struck a weak shot in the 32nd minute. Baldomiro Lia didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ñacanguazú. When Lino Mateus fell near the penalty area in the 33rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Gorina FC's protests and gave Lino Mateus a yellow card for diving instead. In the 33rd minute, Lino Mateus hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The attack was good, but when Eusebio Panpili in the 36th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. In the 38th minute, Benicio Santo 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. If Eusebio Panpili had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bernabe Garaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Jeronimo Hernando tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Ñacanguazú getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Venancio Olando hit a great ball.

Eusebio Panpili received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Baldomiro Lia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Baldomiro Lia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Silvano Ezkerra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Baldomiro Lia came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by Ñacanguazú's Eusebio Panpili. But to his dismay, Eusebio Panpili quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Baldomiro Lia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eusebio Panpili in the 63rd minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Gorina FC's zone, Eusebio Panpili stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Baldomiro Lia came out of the goal and Eusebio Panpili tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Gorina FC getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Lino Mateus hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Gorina FC's zone, Silvano Ezkerra stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Baldomiro Lia came out of the goal and Silvano Ezkerra tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 72 minutes into the match, Gorina FC's goal looked a bit too open when Eusebio Panpili came free, but Baldomiro Lia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bernabe Garaona kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. In the 74th minute Silvano Ezkerra shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Baldomiro Lia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Venancio Olando hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Ñacanguazú's Eusebio Panpili got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Silvano Ezkerra in the 84th minute of play forced Gorina FC's goalkeeper Baldomiro Lia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ñacanguazú's Jeronimo Hernando proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Ñacanguazú from getting a goal against them. Benicio Santo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Jeronimo Hernando tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Benicio Santo got free with Jeronimo Hernando in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Eusebio Panpili managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ñacanguazú's supporters rose to their feet, but Eusebio Panpili was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Baldomiro Lia breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Silvano Ezkerra blasted a shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Baldomiro Lia having to make a save. Eusebio Panpili received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Baldomiro Lia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ñacanguazú were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Gorina FC for a fine match.