League Play-Off

Higuerote Park
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Arnaldo Escarraz started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Gustavo Abellaneda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Beremundo Salablanca in the 5th minute of play. 6 minutes into the match, Higuerote F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Tartalo Saa came free, but Gustavo Abellaneda reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gustavo Abellaneda took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marciano Carpio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 12th match minute, Higuerote F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arnaldo Escarraz to maneuver through the defense. Weterio Ozuna received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Sindo Bierna tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pio Montes kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. Tartalo Saa charged in rather forcefully in the 21st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tartalo Saa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 21 played minutes Retirada got a freekick which was hit by Tartalo Saa. In the 22nd minute, Generosb Bara 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 supporters of Higuerote F.C booed when Retirada was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Teodoro Muzquiz didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Retirada getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Teodoro Muzquiz hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, Higuerote F.C's Arnaldo Escarraz tried to score from far away in the 26th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Errando Norato might have been able to make a better finish in the 28th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Sindo Bierna. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Errando Norato ran back to his position shaking his head. Arnaldo Escarraz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Sindo Bierna tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 32 minutes into the match, Beremundo Salablanca notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Higuerote F.C's Gustavo Abellaneda. Gustavo Abellaneda was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 34 minutes, Nataniel Respaldiza mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Higuerote F.C and the Retirada players grew even worse after the yellow card. Nataniel Respaldiza kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Teodoro Muzquiz was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 36th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Dani Corces during the 39th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Higuerote F.C booed when Retirada was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dani Corces didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 41st minute Errando Norato shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sindo Bierna saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Etor Loureiro charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Etor Loureiro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Retirada getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Etor Loureiro hit a great ball. Gustavo Abellaneda didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tartalo Saa went, in the 44th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The wind increased when Pio Montes made the kick off in the second half. After 53 minutes, Marciano Carpio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Retirada and the Higuerote F.C players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Retirada getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Marciano Carpio hit a great ball. A collision led to Retirada getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Marciano Carpio hit a great ball. The supporters of Higuerote F.C booed when Retirada was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marciano Carpio didn't get a good kick on the ball. During the 58th minute of the match Tartalo Saa completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Tartalo Saa a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. The supporters of Higuerote F.C booed when Retirada was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tartalo Saa didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Retirada booed when Higuerote F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Weterio Ozuna didn't get a good kick on the ball. Retirada's Sindo Bierna played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Generosb Bara in the 68th minute of play. Generosb Bara received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Sindo Bierna tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 72nd match minute, Retirada was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marciano Carpio to maneuver through the defense. Gustavo Abellaneda came out of the goal in the 76th minute to try and stop a shot by Retirada's Pio Montes. But to his dismay, Pio Montes quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Etor Loureiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Gustavo Abellaneda tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 82nd minute, Weterio Ozuna hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sindo Bierna didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Higuerote F.C's Arnaldo Escarraz shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-3 in the ordered_time% minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Retirada eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.