League

El Basot
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Garcilaso Coira got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Garcilaso Coira in the 5th minute of play forced Xixirei's goalkeeper Lucila Climent to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 6thth minute of the game Semih Semir who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but El Basot SD's Lander Huarte was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Lander Huarte showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gelmiro Paz, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. When the match clock showed 18 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Semih Semir sped through El Basot SD's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Lander Huarte. In the 20th match minute, Xixirei was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abel Ostargi to maneuver through the defense. Madaleno Leal's late challenge caught a El Basot SD's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Madaleno Leal helped the player get up and apologised. In the 32nd minute, Madaleno Leal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 33 minutes, Israel Puig managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. El Basot SD's supporters crossed their fingers, but Israel Puig was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 35 minutes, Garcilaso Coira mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the El Basot SD and the Xixirei players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to El Basot SD getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Garcilaso Coira hit a great ball. Joanes Izquierdo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lucila Climent took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gaudencio Sainz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half Xixirei were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gelmiro Paz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Garcilaso Coira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucila Climent having to interfere. Lucila Climent took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gaudencio Sainz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Joanes Izquierdo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucila Climent having to interfere. Joanes Izquierdo's late challenge caught a Xixirei's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Joanes Izquierdo helped the player get up and apologised. Lucila Climent showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Herauso Justo in the 62nd minute of the match. 64 minutes into the match, Herauso Justo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lucila Climent. Xixirei's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Herauso Justo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. In the 69th minute, Garcilaso Coira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Herauso Justo charged in rather forcefully in the 72nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Herauso Justo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 72 played minutes El Basot SD got a freekick which was hit by Herauso Justo. After a defensive mix-up in El Basot SD's zone, Semih Semir stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lander Huarte came out of the goal and Semih Semir tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Lander Huarte made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Semih Semir sent off a good shot on target. Xixirei's Lucila Climent played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joanes Izquierdo in the 79th minute of play. Lander Huarte took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gelmiro Paz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 81 played minutes Xixirei got a freekick which was hit by Abel Ostargi. Joanes Izquierdo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Lucila Climent tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Joanes Izquierdo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Lucila Climent tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lucila Climent showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joanes Izquierdo, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Jerico Reyes took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 92nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Lucila Climent. Xixirei's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 94th minute Garcilaso Coira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lucila Climent saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gelmiro Paz in the 95th minute of play forced El Basot SD's goalkeeper Lander Huarte to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lucila Climent showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joanes Izquierdo, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. The Xixirei supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Xixirei would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.