League Play-Off

Abena
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jonathan Morales got the match started through his kick off. 6 minutes into the match, Abena's goal looked a bit too open when Hussein Villa came free, but Benjamin Gimenez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cordario Lastras during the 8th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The audience thought a goal was coming when Anselmo Dean got free with Anibal Valerón in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ritchie Viqueira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Benjamin Gimenez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th minute, Jonathan Morales managed to get in a good position for a shot. CD Rebumín's supporters rose to their feet, but Jonathan Morales was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Benjamin Gimenez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a little luck, CD Rebumín's Anibal Valerón got control of the ball when Anselmo Dean tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 27th minute, Jonathan Morales 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. If Anselmo Dean had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 38th minute the ball was on its way in behind Abena's goalkeeper Benjamin Gimenez, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After having played for 41 minutes, Jonathan Morales managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. CD Rebumín's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jonathan Morales was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Benjamin Gimenez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonathan Morales, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Benjamin Gimenez didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ritchie Viqueira went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Anselmo Dean stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The crowd rose to their feet as CD Rebumín's Jonathan Morales slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Benjamin Gimenez. That made the score 0-2 after 54 minutes of play. Jonathan Morales sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 69th minute of the match, Servando Marcos tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Benjamin Gimenez saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After a rather tough play, CD Rebumín's Ritchie Viqueira got a free kick in the 73rd minute. If Jonathan Morales had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Anselmo Dean received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Anibal Valerón tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Anselmo Dean had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 85 minutes into the match, CD Rebumín's Jonathan Morales sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Benjamin Gimenez narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Juanfran Manzano charged in rather forcefully in the 86th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Juanfran Manzano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Juanfran Manzano hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. In the 91st minute, Anselmo Dean hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 92 minutes into the game, Jonathan Morales lined in a short shot 0-3 behind a frustrated Benjamin Gimenez. Hussein Villa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benjamin Gimenez having to interfere. When the match was over CD Rebumín could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Abena throughout the match.