League

Altea
Spectators: 7762 (Terracing: 5826, Seating: 1786, VIP seats: 150) Oscar Rivera started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Oto Baños made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pau Benedicto in the 3rd minute of play. Gabi Serrano 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. Altea's Samuel Izaguirre got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a little luck, CASEI's Luis-Miguel Aballe got control of the ball when Gabi Serrano tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 14th match minute, CASEI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ronaldo Costa to maneuver through the defense. Gabi Serrano's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Luis-Miguel Aballe read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 19th minute of play. Samuel Izaguirre might have been able to make a better finish in the 20th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Luis-Miguel Aballe. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Samuel Izaguirre ran back to his position shaking his head. Altea's Gabi Serrano got a good chance for a goal in the 30th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Oto Baños took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Reynaldo Arraz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the CASEI defense, Gabi Serrano kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luis-Miguel Aballe. The CASEI fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luis-Miguel Aballe should have stopped the shot. Pau Benedicto's late challenge caught a Altea's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pau Benedicto helped the player get up and apologised. Pau Benedicto kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. Oto Baños made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ronaldo Costa in the 38th minute of play. In the 40th minute, Herberto Espinosa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The wind increased when Reynaldo Arraz made the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, CASEI's goal looked a bit too open when Gabi Serrano came free, but Luis-Miguel Aballe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Samuel Izaguirre scored 4-0 in the 53rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Luis-Miguel Aballe, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Samuel Izaguirre came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the Altea fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Samuel Izaguirre couldn't finish the play. Oto Baños made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gualterio Montaña in the 58th minute of play. Samuel Izaguirre recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 70th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Gabi Serrano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 73 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for CASEI! The referee gave Altea a penalty, 74 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Gabi Serrano, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of CASEI's Luis-Miguel Aballe. 5-0. 79 minutes into the match, Samuel Izaguirre had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luis-Miguel Aballe. CASEI's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Samuel Izaguirre was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. After 84 minutes of play, Altea's Oscar Rivera made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luis-Miguel Aballe was left in no man's land by his defense there! Oto Baños took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ronaldo Costa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lucas Buendia hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. After 90 played minutes, Altea's Saul Revuelta shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Luis-Miguel Aballe came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Altea reached it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reynaldo Arraz in the 95th minute of play forced Altea's goalkeeper Oto Baños to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 96 minutes, Gabi Serrano managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Altea's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gabi Serrano was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.