League Play-Off

Estadio Santa Ana
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Xosepe Buenafuente made the kick off which started today's match. Enaut Moya showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arximiro Reyes, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. Pablo Balboa struck a weak shot in the 4th minute. Enaut Moya didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Benalauria. Arximiro Reyes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Enaut Moya tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Pablo Balboa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Enaut Moya was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. Benigno Reina hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. Enaut Moya showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roque Barba in the 17th minute of the match. If Arximiro Reyes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Xosepe Buenafuente might have been able to make a better finish in the 36th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Chap Cuervas. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Xosepe Buenafuente ran back to his position shaking his head. After some careless play in the Benalauria defense, Fidel Solo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Chap Cuervas. The Benalauria fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Chap Cuervas should have stopped the shot. Fidel Solo's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 41stth minute, Chap Cuervas skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 46th minute, Arximiro Reyes made a precise shot to the right of Enaut Moya. Santa Ana's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Pablo Balboa made a kick off. In the 53rd minute, Natxo Novo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Xosepe Buenafuente blasted a shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Chap Cuervas having to make a save. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Xosepe Buenafuente managed to get in a good position for a shot. Santa Ana's supporters rose to their feet, but Xosepe Buenafuente was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Chap Cuervas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Enaut Moya made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arximiro Reyes in the 61st minute. In the 62nd match minute, Santa Ana was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Camilo Nafría to maneuver through the defense. In the 63rd match minute, Santa Ana was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Camilo Nafría to maneuver through the defense. Enaut Moya didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Arximiro Reyes went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. If Fidel Solo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Chap Cuervas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fidel Solo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 84 minutes into the game, Arximiro Reyes lined in a short shot 1-3 behind a frustrated Enaut Moya. Fidel Solo scored 2-3 in the 90th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Chap Cuervas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The Benalauria supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Benalauria would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.