League Play-Off

Caldao
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mateo Santana started the match with the kick off. Abel Hitzeder fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Geronimo Palben having to interfere. A collision led to Caldao getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Eulalio Abad hit a great ball. After 8 minutes, Eulalio Abad mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Caldao and the Aragonés FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 8th match minute, Caldao was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eulalio Abad to maneuver through the defense. Octavio Mercurio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Geronimo Palben having to interfere. Alonzo Luar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Geronimo Palben having to interfere. When Octavio Mercurio came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the Aragonés FC 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 Octavio Mercurio couldn't finish the play. Octavio Mercurio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 20th minute, Abel Hitzeder 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. During the 22nd minute of the match Eulalio Abad completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Eulalio Abad a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 22nd minute, Eulalio Abad hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Caldao getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Mario Maraman hit a great ball. In the 28th minute, Christian Neto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Geronimo Palben came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by Aragonés FC's Abel Hitzeder. But to his dismay, Abel Hitzeder quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Geronimo Palben showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abel Hitzeder in the 35th minute of the match. 36 minutes into the match, Octavio Mercurio had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Geronimo Palben. Caldao's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Octavio Mercurio was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After having played for 40 minutes, Octavio Mercurio managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Aragonés FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Octavio Mercurio was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Celso Hotz's late challenge caught a Aragonés FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Celso Hotz helped the player get up and apologised. The referee gave Aragonés FC a penalty, 44 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Arnulfo Eneto, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Caldao's Geronimo Palben. 0-3. Abel Hitzeder sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Caldao players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Aragonés FC were winning 0-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Abel Hitzeder made a kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Caldao's zone, Octavio Mercurio stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Geronimo Palben came out of the goal and Octavio Mercurio tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Abel Hitzeder received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Geronimo Palben tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Silvestre Izel hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mateo Santana during the 65th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Mateo Santana hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. 67 minutes in the game, Abel Hitzeder fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Geronimo Palben having to interfere. Octavio Mercurio succeeded in the game's 68th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-4. Geronimo Palben showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abel Hitzeder, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. During the 74th minute of the match Celso Hotz completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Celso Hotz a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 73rd minute, one of Caldao:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Caldao. When the match had been going on for 76 minutes, Aragonés FC's Arnulfo Eneto got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Geronimo Palben. Caldao's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Abel Hitzeder 80 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-6. Abel Hitzeder struck a weak shot in the 83rd minute. Geronimo Palben didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Aragonés FC. Thanks to some nice moves Octavio Mercurio could shoot a difficult shot in the 85th minute, which Geronimo Palben however easily saved by the left post. If Abel Hitzeder had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Abel Hitzeder in the 90th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Geronimo Palben saved Caldao from getting behind. After having played for 91 minutes, Abel Hitzeder managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Aragonés FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Abel Hitzeder was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Caldao's Mateo Santana got his second yellow card of the match in the 93rd minute. The referee ordered Mateo Santana off the ground. A collision led to Caldao getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Mateo Santana hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Abel Hitzeder kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Geronimo Palben. That made the score 0-7 in the 95 minute of play. When the match was over Aragonés FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Caldao throughout the match.