League Play-Off

Areta Estadio
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Xulio Solano started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 4th minute, Xulio Solano left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Aguilas AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. The supporters of Areta booed when Aguilas AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Claudio Abajas didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Areta's Blai Vicente in the 8th minute got a chance for a shot 8th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Aguilas AFC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 9th minute, Areta's Cutberto Cardeñosa ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Lucas Cacheres. Lucas Cacheres yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. In the 12th minute Xulio Solano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cugat Acarreta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 16th minute, Areta's Blai Vicente dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. Cugat Acarreta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristián Torres in the 30th minute of the match. Lucas Cacheres showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Blai Vicente, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Blai Vicente fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucas Cacheres having to interfere. Luciano Cruz kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Blai Vicente in the 45th minute of play forced Aguilas AFC's goalkeeper Lucas Cacheres to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 46 minutes, Ramón Sarro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Aguilas AFC and the Areta players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 46th match minute, Aguilas AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ramón Sarro to maneuver through the defense. Cutberto Cardeñosa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucas Cacheres having to interfere.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Blai Vicente was the one to do the kick off. If Blai Vicente had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Marco-Antonio Canal during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Cutberto Cardeñosa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cutberto Cardeñosa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucas Cacheres having to interfere. Areta's Cutberto Cardeñosa got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Lucas Cacheres didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cutberto Cardeñosa went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, Aguilas AFC's Ramón Sarro got a free kick in the 79th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Xarles Maestro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Areta's supporters rose to their feet, but Xarles Maestro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lucas Cacheres breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 86th minute, Guillermo Fresnos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 87 played minutes, Areta's Albert Mera shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Lucas Cacheres came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Areta reached it. After a defensive mix-up in Aguilas AFC's zone, Cutberto Cardeñosa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lucas Cacheres came out of the goal and Cutberto Cardeñosa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 91st minute of the game, Xarles Maestro landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. In the 92nd minute, Luciano Cruz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Areta had played much better football throughout.