League Play-Off

El Nuevo Gasometro
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Astor Eyague made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gogo Abadia in the 4th minute of play forced Mandaloria's goalkeeper Marcial Araoz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcial Araoz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastian Hartz in the 8th minute of the match. The supporters of Mandaloria booed when Spurr was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jaime Illan didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 10th minute, Mo Zhen Tian hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eduardo Guillelmus made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Astor Eyague in the 15th minute of play. If Mo Zhen Tian had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Spurr's Sebastian Hartz got a free kick in the 17th minute. After some careless play in the Spurr defense, Everardo Columbo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eduardo Guillelmus. The Spurr fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eduardo Guillelmus should have stopped the shot. Mandaloria's Marcial Araoz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sebastian Hartz in the 27th minute of play. Mandaloria's Rosendo Benitez quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Eugenio Abastas, made in the 28th minute of the game. After 30 played minutes Mandaloria got a freekick which was hit by Astor Eyague. Astor Eyague received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Eduardo Guillelmus tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 34th minute of the match Rosendo Benitez shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Eduardo Guillelmus showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Leon Beila in the 44th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marcial Araoz prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Marcial Araoz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mo Zhen Tian's shot from short distance in the 46th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Yoel Ariztimuño during the 47th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Yoel Ariztimuño hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mo Zhen Tian to strike the kick off in the second half. Mo Zhen Tian sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leon Beila in the 57th minute of play forced Mandaloria's goalkeeper Marcial Araoz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Astor Eyague's late challenge caught a Spurr's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Astor Eyague helped the player get up and apologised. Spurr's Marco Diegotxe was substituted for Federico Gabrio. Eduardo Guillelmus took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Astor Eyague, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 66th match minute, Spurr was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sebastian Hartz to maneuver through the defense. In the 67th minute, Yoel Ariztimuño hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 68th minute Mo Zhen Tian shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcial Araoz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sebastian Hartz took the ball and in the 72 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marcial Araoz. Marcial Araoz dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. In the 79thth minute of the game Mo Zhen Tian who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mandaloria's Marcial Araoz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Marcial Araoz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mo Zhen Tian went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Eduardo Guillelmus was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Astor Eyague. Mandaloria's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Yoel Ariztimuño in the 89th minute. In the 91st minute, Sebastian Hartz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marcial Araoz was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. After 95 played minutes Astor Eyague rounded Spurr's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 3-2. For all the effort they put into the match, the Mandaloria players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Spurr.