League Play-Off

Izara
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jairo Abril kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, Izara's Ricart Cañadas got a free kick in the 2nd minute. In the 3rd minute, Jairo Abril left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Infiesto C.F. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mikel Freire in the 8th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Hussein Bellido prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jairo Abril took the ball and in the 9 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Hussein Bellido. Hussein Bellido dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mikel Freire in the 13th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Hussein Bellido prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 14th minute of the match Infiesto C.F. got a corner. Izara's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Virgilio Velasco ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Virgilio Velasco got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Hussein Bellido quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 18 minutes, Mikel Freire made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. Izara's Hussein Bellido tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Izara's Hussein Bellido played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jairo Abril in the 22nd minute of play. Mikel Freire scored 0-4 in the 23rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Hussein Bellido, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Hussein Bellido stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mikel Freire's shot from short distance in the 28th minute. In the 30th minute, Honorato Reyes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mikel Freire sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 34th match minute, Infiesto C.F. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Virgilio Velasco to maneuver through the defense. Hussein Bellido made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mikel Freire in the 37th minute of play. Jairo Abril fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hussein Bellido having to interfere. In the 42nd minute, Jairo Abril left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Infiesto C.F. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. After the first half Infiesto C.F. were leading 0-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Felipe Alcaraz to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Jairo Abril's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hussein Bellido was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. Ezker Valdivia's late challenge caught a Infiesto C.F.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ezker Valdivia helped the player get up and apologised. Ezker Valdivia kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. Izara's Hussein Bellido proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save Izara from getting a goal against them. Hussein Bellido made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mikel Freire in the 59th minute. The supporters of Infiesto C.F. booed when Izara was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zunbeltz Martinez didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jairo Abril in the 70th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Hussein Bellido prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mikel Freire got free with Hussein Bellido in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Izara's Josete Maldonado got a free kick in the 78th minute. Jairo Abril sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jairo Abril received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Hussein Bellido tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hussein Bellido showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jairo Abril in the 85th minute of the match. In the 86th minute Jairo Abril shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hussein Bellido saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With his leg Hussein Bellido managed to avoid a goal in the 88thth minute, when Infiesto C.F.'s Mikel Freire fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Zunbeltz Martinez kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mikel Freire got free with Hussein Bellido in the 94th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Anselmo Martinelli didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ezker Valdivia went, in the 95th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-8 was the resulting score. Infiesto C.F.'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.