League Play-Off

El Saladar
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Raymond Echavarri got the match started through his kick off. With a little luck, Blancafort's Toribio Ladra got control of the ball when Karmel Climent tried to sneak it across the goal line. Oto Aguilar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After a rather tough play, El Saladar SAD's Zuriko Torres got a free kick in the 12th minute. If Oto Aguilar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Oto Aguilar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Zoilo Andres tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zoilo Andres showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juvenal Naranjo, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Oto Aguilar struck a weak shot in the 24th minute. Zoilo Andres didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Blancafort. 28 minutes in the game, Karmel Climent fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Toribio Ladra having to interfere. The supporters of El Saladar SAD booed when Blancafort was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Juvenal Naranjo didn't get a good kick on the ball. After recieving a nice pass, El Saladar SAD's Gandolfo Losantos tried to score from far away in the 32nd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Raymond Echavarri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fresco Bodelon kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Blancafort's Fresco Bodelon got a free kick in the 46th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rogelio Suarez in the 48th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Toribio Ladra prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rogelio Suarez stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Toribio Ladra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rogelio Suarez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Toribio Ladra showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karmel Climent, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. After 54 played minutes Blancafort got a freekick which was hit by Juvenal Naranjo. In the 58th minute, Raymond Echavarri reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Zoilo Andres. The goal made the score 0-1. Zoilo Andres showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raymond Echavarri in the 65th minute of the match. In the 69th minute of the match Rolando Darroja shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Zoilo Andres showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. If Oto Aguilar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 72nd minute Raymond Echavarri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zoilo Andres saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 75th minute, Rogelio Suarez 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. Karmel Climent scored 1-1 in the 77th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Toribio Ladra, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Karmel Climent received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Toribio Ladra tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Toribio Ladra showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rogelio Suarez, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. After having played for 89 minutes, Oto Aguilar managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Blancafort's supporters crossed their fingers, but Oto Aguilar was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Raymond Echavarri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Raymond Echavarri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.