League Play-Off

Zeanuri
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Valor's Paul Palacios started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Egoitz Paredes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Germán Canosa in the 3rd minute of the match. Zeanuri's Egoitz Paredes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paul Palacios in the 10th minute of play. 13 minutes into the match, Henric Espinosa notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Valor's Eskuin Carreira. Eskuin Carreira was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Germán Canosa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Quintin Infante charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Quintin Infante the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Quintin Infante hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. In the 20th minute of the match Goi Casas shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Egoitz Paredes showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. When the match clock showed 22 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Paul Palacios sped through Zeanuri's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Egoitz Paredes. A collision led to Zeanuri getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Quintin Infante hit a great ball. Goi Casas was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 31st played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. An unexpected shot in the 38th minute by Henric Espinosa got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Bartolomé Baltanas might have been able to make a better finish in the 40th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Eskuin Carreira. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bartolomé Baltanas ran back to his position shaking his head. Germán Canosa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 43rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Bartolomé Baltanas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Eskuin Carreira read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 47th minute of play. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bartolomé Baltanas to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the game, Paul Palacios lined in a short shot 1-2 behind a frustrated Egoitz Paredes. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Erlantz Abad during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 58th minute, one of Zeanuri:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Zeanuri. Zeanuri:s Egoitz Paredes showed great skill when he stopped Goi Casas:s penalty. Goi Casas did an outstanding performance 60 minutes into the match, when he by himself got past the opposing team's defense and with a quick scored 1-3 to the right of an irritated Egoitz Paredes in the goal. Egoitz Paredes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paul Palacios in the 63rd minute of the match. In the 67th minute, Bartolomé Baltanas 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. If Henric Espinosa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 72nd minute, Paul Palacios managed to get in a good position for a shot. Valor's supporters rose to their feet, but Paul Palacios was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Egoitz Paredes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Egoitz Paredes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paul Palacios, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paul Palacios in the 76th minute of play forced Zeanuri's goalkeeper Egoitz Paredes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Egoitz Paredes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paul Palacios in the 79th minute of play. Valor's Goi Casas got a good chance for a goal in the 81st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 84th minute, Zeanuri's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Germán Canosa fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. After 91 played minutes, Valor's Goi Casas shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Egoitz Paredes 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 Valor reached it. In the 97th match minute, Zeanuri was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Airas Harroyo to maneuver through the defense. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Valor had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.