League Play-Off

Estadio Retiro
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Retiro AFC's Benigno Martinez started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. A collision led to Retiro AFC getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Pere Cañadas hit a great ball. Galeno Mudarra was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 5th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Pere Cañadas charged in rather forcefully in the 14th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pere Cañadas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 14th minute, Pere Cañadas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Galeno Mudarra, 15 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Kepa Valdivia managed to get in a good position for a shot. El Alamillo's supporters rose to their feet, but Kepa Valdivia was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Qwinton Jareño breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 19th match minute, Retiro AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pere Cañadas to maneuver through the defense. After recieving a nice pass, El Alamillo's Galeno Mudarra tried to score from far away in the 19th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Qwinton Jareño stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nahia Jurado's shot from short distance in the 21st minute. Nahia Jurado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Qwinton Jareño having to interfere. In the 29thth minute of the game Kepa Valdivia who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Retiro AFC's Qwinton Jareño was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Tobiasr Canturri hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. After 33 played minutes Retiro AFC got a freekick which was hit by Tobiasr Canturri. After some fancy dribbling in the 36th minute, Nahia Jurado managed to get in a good position for a shot. El Alamillo's supporters rose to their feet, but Nahia Jurado was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Qwinton Jareño breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Kepa Valdivia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 49 minutes of play, El Alamillo's Kepa Valdivia made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Qwinton Jareño was left in no man's land by his defense there! After the first half El Alamillo were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Kepa Valdivia to strike the kick off in the second half. When Kepa Valdivia came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the El Alamillo fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Kepa Valdivia couldn't finish the play. Qwinton Jareño showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nahia Jurado in the 60th minute of the match. If Kepa Valdivia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tobiasr Canturri got his second yellow card in the match during the 64th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. The supporters of El Alamillo booed when Retiro AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tobiasr Canturri didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nahia Jurado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Qwinton Jareño having to interfere. In the 71stth minute of the game Kepa Valdivia who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Retiro AFC's Qwinton Jareño was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a little luck, Retiro AFC's Qwinton Jareño got control of the ball when Nahia Jurado tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nahia Jurado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Qwinton Jareño having to interfere. Qwinton Jareño made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kepa Valdivia in the 80th minute of play. The supporters of Retiro AFC booed when El Alamillo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fidencio Japón didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in El Alamillo's zone, Benito Tobias stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Feliz Gibert came out of the goal and Benito Tobias tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 96thth minute of the game Kepa Valdivia who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Retiro AFC's Qwinton Jareño was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. El Alamillo's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.