League Play-Off

Meacaur Estadio
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nicholas Novo took the kick off in the first half of the match. Meacaur's Duarte Quintero pulled a muscle in his back after 2 minutes and couldn't finish the game. 2 minutes into the game, Xalo Gonzalvez was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. La Cerradura UD's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Meacaur the free kick. In the 3rd match minute, La Cerradura UD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xalo Gonzalvez to maneuver through the defense. If Nicholas Novo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 12th match minute, Meacaur was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anselmo Esperta to maneuver through the defense. In the 17th minute Licerio Coya shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Reno Valverde saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 19 minutes, Nicholas Novo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. La Cerradura UD's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nicholas Novo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Benja Munoz kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nicholas Novo in the 25th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Alberto Castillo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 30 minutes, Anselmo Esperta mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Meacaur and the La Cerradura UD players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Meacaur's Anselmo Esperta got a free kick in the 30th minute. Alberto Castillo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guillen Mangas in the 32nd minute of the match. Licerio Coya fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Reno Valverde having to interfere. A collision led to Meacaur getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Orlando Freire hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Nicholas Novo managed to get in a good position for a shot. La Cerradura UD's supporters rose to their feet, but Nicholas Novo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alberto Castillo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.

With his leg Alberto Castillo managed to avoid a goal in the 52ndth minute, when La Cerradura UD's Guillen Mangas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Licerio Coya received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Reno Valverde tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Meacaur's Alberto Castillo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save Meacaur from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicholas Novo in the 69th minute of play forced Meacaur's goalkeeper Alberto Castillo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Guillen Mangas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 72nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as La Cerradura UD's Nicholas Novo slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Alberto Castillo. That made the score 0-2 after 76 minutes of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nicholas Novo in the 81st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Alberto Castillo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. La Cerradura UD's Guillen Mangas got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 87 minutes into the game, Nicholas Novo recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Alberto Castillo. Nicholas Novo showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-3. Meacaur's Alberto Castillo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicholas Novo in the 93rd minute of play. In the 95th minute, Guillen Mangas 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. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched La Cerradura UD eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.