League Play-Off

Jayena Estadio
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mateo Figueres started the match with the kick off. Mateo Figueres sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 7 minutes into the game, Mateo Figueres cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Eron Aguilar was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Mino Castelao hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. If Florentino Alvarez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Arbidel Molina kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. 21 minutes into the match, Azkizu's goalkeeper Henry Palomares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Raymond Ribeiro. Arbidel Molina received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Eron Aguilar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 33 minutes into the match, Azkizu's Mateo Figueres sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Eron Aguilar narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Otero Jimenez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eron Aguilar was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. Otero Jimenez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eron Aguilar having to interfere. Eron Aguilar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Otero Jimenez, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Azkizu's zone, Florentino Alvarez stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Henry Palomares came out of the goal and Florentino Alvarez tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 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 Florentino Alvarez stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 56 played minutes Jayena CD got a freekick which was hit by Toño Carro. After a defensive mix-up in Jayena CD's zone, Otero Jimenez stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eron Aguilar came out of the goal and Otero Jimenez tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 65 minutes into the game, Florentino Alvarez cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Henry Palomares was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Otero Jimenez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 69th minute of the match, but Eron Aguilar made a huge save. When the match had gone on for 74 minutes, Mateo Figueres put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Eron Aguilar. Troy Rodriguez charged in rather forcefully in the 78th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Troy Rodriguez the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A hard shot 86 in the game by Otero Jimenez from a close distance when the talented Eron Aguilar managed to make a qualified save. Jayena CD's players were relieved. In the 88th minute, Otero Jimenez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eron Aguilar was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Raymond Ribeiro in the 92nd minute of play forced Azkizu's goalkeeper Henry Palomares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eneko Salan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match was over Azkizu could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Jayena CD throughout the match.