League Play-Off

Almansa Estadio
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lalo Quijana took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abejundio Serra in the 3rd minute of play forced Almansa's goalkeeper Javier Camarasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Casildo Mezquita's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Javier Camarasa was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. Javier Camarasa stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Casildo Mezquita's shot from short distance in the 15th minute. 19 minutes into the match, Puigcerdà AFC's Abejundio Serra sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Javier Camarasa narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Almansa's Oier Serra got a free kick in the 22nd minute. In the 24th minute, Casildo Mezquita left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Puigcerdà AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Abejundio Serra sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Fermín Macho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Javier Camarasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Casildo Mezquita in the 47th minute of play.

Fermín Macho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Enaut Bencoiechea tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Caton Pedriza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 59th minute, Fermín Macho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Javier Camarasa made a fantastic save in the 63rd minute, when Casildo Mezquita sent off a good shot on target. If Lalo Quijana had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 70th minute, Humberto Contreras hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 70 played minutes, Almansa's Cugat Galnares shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Enaut Bencoiechea came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Almansa reached it. Lalo Quijana's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Enaut Bencoiechea read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 72nd minute of play. Puigcerdà AFC's Enaut Bencoiechea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lalo Quijana in the 75th minute of play. In the 76th minute, Caton Pedriza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 80 minutes, Abejundio Serra managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Puigcerdà AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Abejundio Serra was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 85th minute Abejundio Serra shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Javier Camarasa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Abejundio Serra fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Javier Camarasa having to interfere. After 96 played minutes Almansa got a freekick which was hit by Archibaldo Rapado. Casildo Mezquita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 97th minute of the match, but Javier Camarasa made a huge save. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Puigcerdà AFC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.