League Play-Off

Ucubamba
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Ucubamba SC's Xaiver Feruel 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. In the 3rd minute, Rodolfo Cintron made a precise shot to the right of Estevez Bricianos. Ucubamba SC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Reynaldo Camarero hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. In the 14th minute, Ucubamba SC's Faustino Arnao seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Faustino Arnao the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Ucubamba SC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Faustino Arnao had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In a very dangerous position, a player in Ucubamba SC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 14th minute. Penalty! In the 16th minute there was a penalty for Valentina A.U. Rodolfo Cintron stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Estevez Bricianos. 0-3. Lopez Sella hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Ivan Ural sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After a defensive mix-up in Ucubamba SC's zone, Lastra Muzquiz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Estevez Bricianos came out of the goal and Lastra Muzquiz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Estevez Bricianos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roque Mazule in the 27th minute of play. 0-4 became the score in the 28th minute when Rodolfo Cintron elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Estevez Bricianos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roque Mazule in the 33rd minute of the match. Valentina A.U's Lastra Muzquiz got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 38 minutes of play, Valentina A.U's Lastra Muzquiz made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Estevez Bricianos was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience thought a goal was coming when Ivan Ural got free with Tomas Ojesto in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Roque Mazule had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 46 minutes into the match, Ucubamba SC's goal looked a bit too open when Lastra Muzquiz came free, but Estevez Bricianos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Estevez Bricianos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from John Gundin, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

The wind increased when Rodolfo Cintron made the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Ucubamba SC's zone, Rodolfo Cintron stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Estevez Bricianos came out of the goal and Rodolfo Cintron tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 55th minute, Lastra Muzquiz reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Estevez Bricianos. The goal made the score 0-6. 63 minutes into the match, Ivan Ural had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tomas Ojesto. Valentina A.U's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ivan Ural was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-6. Rodolfo Cintron could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Estevez Bricianos made a huge save. When the match clock showed 72 minutes, the score became 1-7 when Lastra Muzquiz sped through Ucubamba SC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Estevez Bricianos. Rodolfo Cintron 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. In the 81st minute Lastra Muzquiz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Estevez Bricianos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ivan Ural received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Tomas Ojesto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Ucubamba SC getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Reynaldo Camarero hit a great ball. With a little luck, Ucubamba SC's Estevez Bricianos got control of the ball when Rodolfo Cintron tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match had gone on for 86 minutes, Lastra Muzquiz took a quick shot and it went in 1-8 without a chance for Estevez Bricianos to make any attempt to save it. 90 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ucubamba SC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rodolfo Cintron was slow to take the kick. During this time Valentina A.U's players had a chance to rest. In the 94th minute of the match Luis Rivas sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Estevez Bricianos skillfully saved the ball. If Rodolfo Cintron had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The Ucubamba SC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Valentina A.U were clearly better and deserved to take the win.