League Play-Off

Nuevo Palleja
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Laurgain Ortiz started the match with the kick off. Palleja C.F.'s Ariel Casillas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pedro Marques in the 6th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Palleja C.F.'s Sebastián Torrent got a free kick in the 10th minute. The audience was convinced that Eneko Morales's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ariel Casillas was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. Pedro Marques sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ariel Casillas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eneko Morales, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 19 played minutes Palleja C.F. got a freekick which was hit by Leoncio Candela. Leoncio Candela's late challenge caught a Cabassers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Leoncio Candela helped the player get up and apologised. Leoncio Candela hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Nerio Incera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Laurgain Ortiz, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. In the 32nd minute Pedro Marques shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ariel Casillas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eneko Morales fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ariel Casillas having to interfere. Juan Moreira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 47th minute the ball was on its way in behind Cabassers's goalkeeper Nerio Incera, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Pedro Marques made the kick off in the second half. Palleja C.F.'s Ariel Casillas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save Palleja C.F. from getting a goal against them. Ariel Casillas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pedro Marques in the 53rd minute of the match. A collision led to Palleja C.F. getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Abejundio Antunez hit a great ball. Herberto Sobera hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. 70 minutes into the match, Palleja C.F.'s Tipi Montes broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Juan Moreira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nerio Incera having to interfere. If Eneko Morales had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 83rd minute, Laurgain Ortiz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Palleja C.F. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. With his leg Ariel Casillas managed to avoid a goal in the 88thth minute, when Cabassers's Eneko Morales fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 89 minutes into the game, Juan Moreira cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Nerio Incera was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ariel Casillas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pedro Marques in the 93rd minute of the match. Palleja C.F.'s fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.