League Play-Off

Raul Gonzalez Blanco
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Silvino Ocaña took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 6th minute, Melkor Segura left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Baños De Gigonza fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Estebano Campello during the 10th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Baños De Gigonza's Estebano Campello got a free kick in the 10th minute. 12 minutes into the match, Baños De Gigonza's goal looked a bit too open when Ximen Garcia came free, but Batista Arribas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Estebano Campello sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ursino Cañadas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Florentino Camino went, in the 22nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ximen Garcia got free with Batista Arribas in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 26th minute Silvino Ocaña shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ursino Cañadas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Batista Arribas made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Hechter Vadillos sent off a good shot on target. 43 minutes in the game, Ximen Garcia fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Batista Arribas having to interfere. If Hechter Vadillos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 49th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After the first half Baños De Gigonza were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Ximen Garcia made the kick off in the second half. Ursino Cañadas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Silvino Ocaña in the 54th minute of play. In the 57th minute, Melkor Segura ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ursino Cañadas was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Ximen Garcia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Hechter Vadillos managed to get in a good position for a shot. El Naranjo FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Hechter Vadillos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Batista Arribas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 81st minute, Camilo Perpiñán hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ursino Cañadas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Silvino Ocaña in the 84th minute of play. Ursino Cañadas came out of the goal in the 86th minute to try and stop a shot by Baños De Gigonza's Melkor Segura. But to his dismay, Melkor Segura quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. El Naranjo FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Emeterio Navarro in the 94th minute. It was a well-played corner which Edelmiro Zubiaga managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. After a defensive mix-up in Baños De Gigonza's zone, Ximen Garcia stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Batista Arribas came out of the goal and Ximen Garcia tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Baños De Gigonza's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.