San José earned a hard-fought place in the second round of the Litoral Sur region of the Torneo Regional Amateur Femenino. The team needed penalties to overcome 1ro de Mayo de Chajarí: they lost the away return leg 2-1 over 90 minutes, kept the aggregate score level and then prevailed 4-2 from the spot.
The tie had begun with a tangible advantage for San José, who won the first leg 2-1. That margin was not enough to secure progress during regulation in the second meeting because 1ro de Mayo produced exactly the same score in Chajarí. The two results created a 3-3 aggregate and forced the teams to decide who advanced without a third match.
The return-leg defeat therefore carried a different meaning from an isolated loss. San José could not protect the advantage built in the first game during the following 90 minutes, but their away goal kept the series level. The knockout format transferred all the pressure to a short shootout in which every attempt carried the weight of qualification.
San José supplied the required accuracy in that decider and won 4-2. The shootout finally broke the balance that had survived across both matches and secured the Entre Ríos team's position in the next phase. The tie ended with six regulation goals shared between the clubs over two games and a two-kick difference in the decisive sequence.
Progress now establishes a new contest within the Litoral Sur region. San José will face Santa María de Oro of Concordia, another team from the same province and a different challenge from the one overcome in Chajarí. Qualification does not complete the journey; it resets the competitive picture and requires preparation for another two-legged tie starting without any advantage.
The schedule places the first match in the Capital del Citrus and the return on the opponent's ground. That order makes the management of each game important because no partial result guarantees progress on its own. San José have just experienced how a first-leg lead can disappear during the next 90 minutes and make an additional method of settlement necessary.
Beyond the suspense, the central fact is San José's continued participation in the Women's Regional Amateur tournament. They transformed a tie that finished 3-3 on aggregate into a 4-2 penalty victory and eliminated 1ro de Mayo. The next objective is to preserve that competitive response against Santa María de Oro over two new matches that will determine which side continues to represent Entre Ríos on the regional path.
