League Play-Off

Mario Alberto Kempes
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Inocencio Raphael started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Ricardo Patxi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Epifanio Abar in the 7th minute of the match. Epifanio Abar might have been able to make a better finish in the 11th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ricardo Patxi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Epifanio Abar ran back to his position shaking his head. 12 minutes into the match, Cafesito's Inocencio Raphael sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ignacio Felipillo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Cafesito's Ricardo Patxi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Epifanio Abar in the 14th minute of play. Ignacio Felipillo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Inocencio Raphael in the 16th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Ledesma's Tiburcio Reyes got a free kick in the 17th minute. Epifanio Abar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 23rdth minute of the game Epifanio Abar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cafesito's Ricardo Patxi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bartolo Mendez got free with Ignacio Felipillo in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Epifanio Abar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricardo Patxi having to interfere. After 32 minutes of play, Cafesito's Inocencio Raphael made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ignacio Felipillo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Cafesito's Ricardo Patxi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Epifanio Abar in the 36th minute of play. Ignacio Felipillo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Inocencio Raphael, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. After 47 minutes, Epifanio Abar made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. Cafesito's Ricardo Patxi tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Epifanio Abar was the one to do the kick off. Blasco Cartagena kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Epifanio Abar in the 58th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ricardo Patxi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ignacio Felipillo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bartolo Mendez, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. In the 61st minute Inocencio Raphael shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ignacio Felipillo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 62nd minute, Inocencio Raphael 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. Ledesma's Epifanio Abar got a good chance for a goal in the 65th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to Cafesito getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Romulo Nayely hit a great ball. In the 71st minute, Inocencio Raphael ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ignacio Felipillo was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bartolo Mendez in the 75th minute of play forced Ledesma's goalkeeper Ignacio Felipillo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 86th minute Inocencio Raphael shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ignacio Felipillo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 89th minute Inocencio Raphael shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ignacio Felipillo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match clock showed 90 minutes, the score became 2-2 when Epifanio Abar sped through Cafesito's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ricardo Patxi. Ricardo Patxi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Epifanio Abar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ivan Kaiet fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricardo Patxi having to interfere.