League Play-Off

Estadio Tommy Rabo
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Espiridion Garcia kicked off to start the match. Nils-Åke Andreasson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Espiridion Garcia, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Delfino Orbiz hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Espiridion Garcia got free with Nils-Åke Andreasson in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dikdik Ardiwilaga could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Nils-Åke Andreasson made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Lesardo Alavedra's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mats Wallengren was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. In the 20th minute, Lesardo Alavedra made a precise shot to the right of Mats Wallengren. Matasuegras FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Mats Wallengren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sergi Gómez in the 23rd minute of play. Matasuegras FC's Mats Wallengren played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vincent Solera in the 26th minute of play. In the 28th minute Vincent Solera shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mats Wallengren saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 29 minutes Matasuegras FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sergi Gómez who took care of the corner kick. Barry Dimmock received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Nils-Åke Andreasson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 35 minutes of play, Deportivo Alavés's Lesardo Alavedra made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mats Wallengren was left in no man's land by his defense there! Espiridion Garcia in the 38thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Nils-Åke Andreasson, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 39th minute, Lesardo Alavedra left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Deportivo Alavés fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. In the 43rd minute Vincent Solera shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mats Wallengren saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half Deportivo Alavés were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Lesardo Alavedra was the one to do the kick off. Mats Wallengren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vincent Solera in the 57th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, Deportivo Alavés's Mats Wallengren threw himself towards the right post 59 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Sergi Gómez, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 61st minute of the game Gustavo Calderon made a throw-in which Aggelos Papadias played forward. Mats Wallengren made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lesardo Alavedra in the 62nd minute. Espiridion Garcia hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. In the 65th minute, Deportivo Alavés's Amador Urbasa seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Amador Urbasa the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Deportivo Alavés protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Amador Urbasa had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 64th minute, one of Deportivo Alavés:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Deportivo Alavés. Dikdik Ardiwilaga shot the penalty kick right outside the post. Mats Wallengren made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lesardo Alavedra in the 68th minute. Mats Wallengren made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lesardo Alavedra in the 72nd minute. Wiggo Wipp might have been able to make a better finish in the 74th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mats Wallengren. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Wiggo Wipp ran back to his position shaking his head. 74 minutes into the match, Matasuegras FC's goal looked a bit too open when Wiggo Wipp came free, but Mats Wallengren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Deportivo Alavés's Plauto Bouzon was substituted for Wiggo Wipp. Deportivo Alavés's Xiao Mendez was substituted for Gustavo Calderon. Sergi Gómez made in the 78th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Matasuegras FC's Xuan Rojas. Nils-Åke Andreasson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Espiridion Garcia in the 81st minute of the match. 83 minutes into the game, Matasuegras FC's Espiridion Garcia nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nils-Åke Andreasson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. Dikdik Ardiwilaga's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nils-Åke Andreasson read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 87th minute of play. The throw-in from Sergi Gómez in the 90th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Matasuegras FC's Oscar Minguez. Aggelos Papadias kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. 96 minutes into the game, Aggelos Papadias threw the ball into play from the sideline. Matasuegras FC's Jerico Aranzubia quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After having played for 97 minutes, Dikdik Ardiwilaga managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Matasuegras FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dikdik Ardiwilaga was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Deportivo Alavés's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.