League Play-Off

Xeve
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Rai Huarte made the kick off which started today's match. Fermín Marcos hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Xeve AD were furious when Ignacio Canal was red carded, 5 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After a rather tough play, El Raval CF's Emeterio Pascua got a free kick in the 6th minute. El Raval CF's Urbano Cortes got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Carmelo Cienfuegos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rufio Dulce, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rufio Dulce fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carmelo Cienfuegos having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Noé Garay got free with Cristian Campoamor in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Carmelo Cienfuegos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rufio Dulce went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. When the match had gone on for 27 minutes, Rufio Dulce put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Carmelo Cienfuegos. In the 31st minute Rufio Dulce shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carmelo Cienfuegos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Xeve AD's Fermín Marcos got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Noé Garay received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Cristian Campoamor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 40th match minute, Xeve AD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diagur Perez to maneuver through the defense. Xeve AD's Carmelo Cienfuegos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rufio Dulce in the 46th minute of play. If Noé Garay had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After the first half El Raval CF were leading 0-2. 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 Rufio Dulce to make the kick off. In the 54th minute El Raval CF were awarded a corner. Juan Orti went to the cornerflag to take it. Xeve AD's defense didn't have a chance, in the 57th minute, when Rufio Dulce scored to the left of an out of position Carmelo Cienfuegos, making the score, 0-3. In the 63rd minute, Noé Garay left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Xeve AD fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. Noé Garay sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When Juan Orti came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the El Raval CF 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 Juan Orti couldn't finish the play. 78 minutes into the match, Rufio Dulce notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of Xeve AD's Carmelo Cienfuegos. Carmelo Cienfuegos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match clock showed 81 minutes, the score became 1-5 when Rufio Dulce sped through Xeve AD's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Carmelo Cienfuegos. When the match had gone on for 90 minutes, Rufio Dulce put it in 1-6 from a short distance just to the right of Carmelo Cienfuegos. Julen Murcia kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. El Raval CF's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.