League Play-Off

AT&T Center
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Mateo Gonzalez made the kick off and thus started the match. After 6 minutes, Siro Kusko mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Alvarado and the Spurs players grew even worse after the yellow card. Siro Kusko kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. Ricardo Txerran received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Bernardo Arnau tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lázaro Lano in the 12th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Christian Monico saved Spurs from getting behind. When the match had gone on for 13 minutes, Lázaro Lano put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Christian Monico. Lázaro Lano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Christian Monico having to interfere. Spurs's Christian Monico played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mateo Gonzalez in the 23rd minute of play. Lázaro Lano might have been able to make a better finish in the 25th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Christian Monico. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lázaro Lano ran back to his position shaking his head. Lázaro Lano took the ball and in the 27 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Christian Monico. Christian Monico dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Mateo Gonzalez's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Christian Monico read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 33rd minute of play. When Simon Intxixu came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Spurs 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 Simon Intxixu couldn't finish the play. The Spurs players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Alvarado were winning 0-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Simon Intxixu was the one to do the kick off. Christian Monico showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mateo Gonzalez, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Lázaro Lano hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Bernardo Arnau took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Simon Intxixu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Alvarado's Rigoberto Alonso got a free kick in the 61st minute. After some careless play in the Alvarado defense, Simon Intxixu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bernardo Arnau. The Alvarado fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bernardo Arnau should have stopped the shot. If Lázaro Lano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bernardo Arnau showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ricardo Txerran in the 73rd minute of the match. Alvarado's Bernardo Arnau played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Simon Intxixu in the 78th minute of play. Bernardo Arnau showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ricardo Txerran, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. In the 82nd minute Mateo Gonzalez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christian Monico saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bernardo Arnau took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ricardo Txerran, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lázaro Lano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Christian Monico tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Alvarado players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Spurs from taking control. The game ends in a draw.