League Play-Off

The Giants
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Celino Cejudo made the kick off and thus started the match. After a defensive mix-up in Essence's zone, Oswaldo Arroyuelo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Maurilio Hita came out of the goal and Oswaldo Arroyuelo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 11 minutes into the match, Celino Cejudo notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Essence's Maurilio Hita. Maurilio Hita was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 15th minute, Gaspar Domao hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 21 minutes of play, Oriente's Lohitzun Cerrudemos made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Maurilio Hita was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a defensive mix-up in Oriente's zone, Yader Guereño stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Santutxo Bodega came out of the goal and Yader Guereño tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 30th minute, Carlo Jorrin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Celino Cejudo struck a weak shot in the 31st minute. Maurilio Hita didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Oriente. After having played for 35 minutes, Celino Cejudo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Oriente's supporters crossed their fingers, but Celino Cejudo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tauro Yanguas's late challenge caught a Oriente's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tauro Yanguas helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Essence's Tauro Yanguas got a free kick in the 35th minute. Maurilio Hita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Celino Cejudo in the 37th minute of the match. Xzaiver Alfaro's late challenge caught a Essence's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Xzaiver Alfaro helped the player get up and apologised. In the 47th minute, Xzaiver Alfaro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 48th minute, Bizi Ibisate sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Oriente's Santutxo Bodega didn't even have to move. The Essence players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Oriente were winning 0-3.

Lohitzun Cerrudemos struck a weak shot in the 53rd minute. Maurilio Hita didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Oriente. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Lohitzun Cerrudemos managed to get in a good position for a shot. Oriente's supporters rose to their feet, but Lohitzun Cerrudemos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Maurilio Hita breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a defensive mix-up in Essence's zone, Lohitzun Cerrudemos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Maurilio Hita came out of the goal and Lohitzun Cerrudemos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Lohitzun Cerrudemos scored 0-4 in the 61st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Maurilio Hita, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Oriente's Lohitzun Cerrudemos got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 71st minute, Essence's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Lohitzun Cerrudemos fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. When Lohitzun Cerrudemos came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the Oriente 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 Lohitzun Cerrudemos couldn't finish the play. After 76 minutes, Gora Hinojos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Oriente and the Essence players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 76th match minute, Oriente was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gora Hinojos to maneuver through the defense. Lohitzun Cerrudemos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 81 minutes of play, Oriente's Lohitzun Cerrudemos made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Maurilio Hita was left in no man's land by his defense there! Yader Guereño fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Santutxo Bodega having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Celino Cejudo in the 89th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Maurilio Hita prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Xzaiver Alfaro was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 91 minutes had been played. In the 92nd minute, Xzaiver Alfaro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Oriente's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.