League Play-Off

Elxene arena stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Yacanto FC's Isidoro Patxi started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 3 minutes, Orlando Chap mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Yacanto FC and the Xene Fc players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 3rd match minute, Yacanto FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Orlando Chap to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rabah Khaldi in the 4th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jeronimo Amato saved Yacanto FC from getting behind. In the 7th minute, German Luar made a precise shot to the right of Edgardo Marz. Xene Fc's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. In the 18th match minute, Xene Fc was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomás Silviano to maneuver through the defense. 22 minutes into the match, Xene Fc's goal looked a bit too open when German Luar came free, but Edgardo Marz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 2-1 became the score in the 23rd minute when Helge Dale elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 27th minute Hernan Iraunkor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jeronimo Amato saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Edgardo Marz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isidoro Patxi in the 28th minute of the match. Edgardo Marz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from German Luar, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Edgardo Marz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Isidoro Patxi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jeronimo Amato didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Helge Dale went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. The audience thought a goal was coming when Helge Dale got free with Jeronimo Amato in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 37 minutes had been played when some careless play by Yacanto FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Abel Oidor was slow to take the kick. During this time Xene Fc's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Abel Oidor got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jeronimo Amato quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Niceto Sabino kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. Tomás Silviano kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by German Luar in the 41st minute of play forced Xene Fc's goalkeeper Edgardo Marz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Xene Fc's Edgardo Marz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Isidoro Patxi in the 46th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Helge Dale was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Yacanto FC's Isidoro Patxi dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-2. Venancio Naelio kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. Isaias Cisco hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. In the 60th minute, Isaias Cisco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edgardo Marz made an important save on a dangerous shot by German Luar in the 62nd minute. Edgardo Marz didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 63rd minute, which inside left pole to 3-3. Xene Fc's Edgardo Marz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save Xene Fc from getting a goal against them. The supporters of Xene Fc booed when Yacanto FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nestor Domingues didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when German Luar got free with Edgardo Marz in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Xene Fc booed when Yacanto FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Orlando Chap didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jeronimo Amato showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rabah Khaldi in the 86th minute of the match. With a little luck, Xene Fc's Edgardo Marz got control of the ball when German Luar tried to sneak it across the goal line. With his leg Edgardo Marz managed to avoid a goal in the 94thth minute, when Yacanto FC's German Luar fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The Xene Fc supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Yacanto FC's performance. The match ended with a win for Yacanto FC.