League Play-Off

Estadio Lukaszuk
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Bernardo Bermudez made the kick off which started today's match. 3 minutes into the match, Lobos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Efrain Kiliz came free, but Federico Eguen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marcos Goiz's late challenge caught a Lobos FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marcos Goiz helped the player get up and apologised. Lobos FC's Andres Nerio was substituted for Rein Vrolijcx. A collision led to Irigoyen FC getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Marcos Goiz hit a great ball. Ciriaco Elia made an important save on a dangerous shot by Francisco Ieltxu in the 12th minute. In the 15th minute, Marcos Goiz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 22 minutes had been played when some careless play by Irigoyen FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Francisco Ieltxu was slow to take the kick. During this time Lobos FC's players had a chance to rest. In the 23rdth minute of the game Bernardo Bermudez who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Irigoyen FC's Ciriaco Elia was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ciriaco Elia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andres Nerio in the 29th minute of the match. 34 minutes into the match, Efrain Kiliz notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Lobos FC's Federico Eguen. Federico Eguen was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Roman Orlondo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Federico Eguen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 40 minutes of play, Irigoyen FC's Efrain Kiliz made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Federico Eguen was left in no man's land by his defense there! Irigoyen FC's Ciriaco Elia proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 46th minute of the match, managed to save Irigoyen FC from getting a goal against them. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Roman Orlondo to make the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 52nd minute, Roman Orlondo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Irigoyen FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Roman Orlondo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Federico Eguen breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vinicio Lixandro in the 53rd minute of play forced Lobos FC's goalkeeper Federico Eguen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lobos FC's Federico Eguen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vinicio Lixandro in the 62nd minute of play. 64 minutes into the game, Marcos Goiz recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Federico Eguen. Marcos Goiz showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-3. Lobos FC's Bernardo Bermudez suffered a sore thigh after 66 minutes and couldn't finish the game. After 68 played minutes Irigoyen FC got a freekick which was hit by Silvano Bonadona. In the 72nd minute, Narciso Lauro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ciriaco Elia was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. Roman Orlondo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Federico Eguen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ciriaco Elia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Angelo Geofredo, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. After a rather tough play, Irigoyen FC's Silvano Bonadona got a free kick in the 84th minute. Federico Eguen made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Godofredo Romano sent off a good shot on target. After some careless play in the Irigoyen FC defense, Angelo Geofredo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ciriaco Elia. The Irigoyen FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ciriaco Elia should have stopped the shot. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Irigoyen FC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.