League Play-Off

EL GUINIGUADA
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Toni Villar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Santiago Casals having to interfere. The supporters of Escornalbou booed when CD Union Risco was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Xesc Valcarcel didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, CD Union Risco's Dionisio Carro got a free kick in the 27th minute. After a rather tough play, Escornalbou's Toni Villar got a free kick in the 28th minute. After 30 minutes of play, Escornalbou's Toni Villar made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Santiago Casals was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cordarell Rivera during the 33rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 33 played minutes CD Union Risco got a freekick which was hit by Cordarell Rivera. The audience was convinced that Eladio Ledo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Santiago Casals was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. In the 36th match minute, Escornalbou was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Toni Villar to maneuver through the defense.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cordarell Rivera made a kick off. CD Union Risco's Santiago Casals played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Toni Villar in the 53rd minute of play. If Cordarell Rivera had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Escornalbou's Dario Ruiz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cordarell Rivera in the 60th minute of play. The supporters of Escornalbou booed when CD Union Risco was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dionisio Carro didn't get a good kick on the ball. 65 minutes into the match, CD Union Risco's goal looked a bit too open when Toni Villar came free, but Santiago Casals reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Santiago Casals showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toni Villar, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. The supporters of Escornalbou booed when CD Union Risco was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Urtun Zárate didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cordarell Rivera's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dario Ruiz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 77th minute of play. Urtun Zárate hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. In the 83rd minute, Dionisio Carro 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. After having played for 85 minutes, Urtun Zárate managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. CD Union Risco's supporters crossed their fingers, but Urtun Zárate was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 90 minutes into the game, Caitano Torrente cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Dario Ruiz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. CD Union Risco were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Escornalbou for a fine match.