League Play-Off

Cortes
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Rafael Torres started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. With his leg Mero Palomares managed to avoid a goal in the 6thth minute, when Cortes AFC's Aitor Villanueva fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. With a little luck, Lowes's Mero Palomares got control of the ball when Carolo Fuentes tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tulio Puyol in the 13th minute of play forced Cortes AFC's goalkeeper Aitor Ortega to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 19th minute, Tulio Puyol 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. Aitor Ortega showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafael Torres in the 21st minute of the match. Tulio Puyol received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Aitor Ortega tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Rafael Torres came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the Lowes 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 Rafael Torres couldn't finish the play. In the 25th match minute, Cortes AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Chinto Dobale to maneuver through the defense. If Rafael Torres had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 28 played minutes Cortes AFC got a freekick which was hit by Macario Galego. Aitor Villanueva sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cortes AFC's Carolo Fuentes got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 35 minutes into the game, José Domenech was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Lowes's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Cortes AFC the free kick. 42 minutes into the match, Aitor Villanueva had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mero Palomares. Lowes's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Aitor Villanueva was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Aitor Villanueva was the one to do the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Cortes AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Rafael Torres came free, but Aitor Ortega reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 54 minutes, Rafael Torres managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lowes's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rafael Torres was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Aitor Villanueva's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mero Palomares was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. When Cleto Orbiz fell near the penalty area in the 60th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Lowes's protests and gave Cleto Orbiz a yellow card for diving instead. In the 61st minute, Cleto Orbiz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Aitor Villanueva took the ball and in the 62 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mero Palomares. Mero Palomares dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. In the 65th minute the ball was on its way in behind Cortes AFC's goalkeeper Aitor Ortega, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. José Domenech hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Lowes's Mero Palomares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aitor Villanueva in the 68th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Aitor Villanueva's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mero Palomares was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet as Rafael Torres kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Aitor Ortega. That made the score 2-1 in the 84 minute of play. Carolo Fuentes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Mero Palomares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aitor Ortega made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rafael Torres in the 91st minute of play. Iyan Alvarez kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. After having played for 93 minutes, Tulio Puyol managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lowes's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tulio Puyol was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tulio Puyol recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 96th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Cortes AFC had won after a very even match.