League Play-Off

Marquesa
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Jago Morientes started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 4 minutes, Fe Incera mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Moncada and the Rayo astur players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Moncada getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Fe Incera hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Justino Aizpurua's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Abelardo Ecija was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. Natalio Toledo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teodor Zapata, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. In the 10th minute, Llorienzo Acha ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Natalio Toledo was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Rayo astur's Natalio Toledo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Teodor Zapata in the 16th minute of play. Natalio Toledo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teodor Zapata, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. When Justino Aizpurua came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the Rayo astur 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 Justino Aizpurua couldn't finish the play. Moncada's Abelardo Ecija played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Justino Aizpurua in the 21st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Llorienzo Acha in the 23rd minute of play forced Rayo astur's goalkeeper Natalio Toledo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 27th minute, Justino Aizpurua got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 33rd minute, Andoni Antunez fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Abelardo Ecija, passed just outside the right post. 34 minutes into the game, Teodor Zapata was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Moncada's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Rayo astur the free kick. Teodor Zapata hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Natalio Toledo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jago Morientes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Moncada's Abelardo Ecija got control of the ball when Andoni Antunez tried to sneak it across the goal line. Andoni Antunez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 45th minute of the match, but Abelardo Ecija made a huge save. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Justino Aizpurua stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Llorienzo Acha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Teodor Zapata got his second yellow card in the match during the 52nd minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After 52 played minutes Moncada got a freekick which was hit by Teodor Zapata. Turi Bargas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Natalio Toledo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Llorienzo Acha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Natalio Toledo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Llorienzo Acha could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Natalio Toledo made a huge save. 68 minutes into the match, Andoni Antunez notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Moncada's Abelardo Ecija. Abelardo Ecija was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 71 minutes into the match, Rayo astur's goalkeeper Natalio Toledo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Llorienzo Acha. With a little luck, Rayo astur's Natalio Toledo got control of the ball when Llorienzo Acha tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ezequiel Sobera hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Abelardo Ecija showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andoni Antunez in the 85th minute of the match. Natalio Toledo was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Jago Morientes showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-2 in the 90 minute of play. When the match was over Moncada could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Rayo astur throughout the match.