League Play-Off

LA ALEGRIA GREVA
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Adriano Cortes started the match with the kick off. Taio Escurza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adriano Cortes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Adriano Cortes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 15 minutes into the match, REAL ALEGRIA DE REUS's goal looked a bit too open when Adriano Cortes came free, but Taio Escurza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 19 minutes into the match, REAL ALEGRIA DE REUS's goal looked a bit too open when Adriano Cortes came free, but Taio Escurza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 24th minute Adriano Cortes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Taio Escurza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luis-Javier Palomar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Taio Escurza having to interfere. REAL ALEGRIA DE REUS's Taio Escurza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edelmiro Benito in the 40th minute of play. Gregorio Acarreta charged in rather forcefully in the 45th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gregorio Acarreta the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, REAL ALEGRIA DE REUS's Gregorio Acarreta got a free kick in the 45th minute. Adriano Cortes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 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.

An unexpected shot in the 53rd minute by Adriano Cortes got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Luis-Javier Palomar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Taio Escurza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 57 minutes of play, Portbou AFC's Luis-Javier Palomar made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Taio Escurza was left in no man's land by his defense there! Clodoveo Justo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Taio Escurza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Humberto Villa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Adriano Cortes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. REAL ALEGRIA DE REUS's Taio Escurza proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save REAL ALEGRIA DE REUS from getting a goal against them. In the 79th minute of the match, Adriano Cortes tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Taio Escurza saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After 81 played minutes REAL ALEGRIA DE REUS got a freekick which was hit by Humberto Villa. With an all-out effort, Portbou AFC's Taio Escurza threw himself towards the right post 91 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Adriano Cortes, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 93 minutes REAL ALEGRIA DE REUS's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Bernabé Alavedra who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Crescencio Figueres managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand.